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Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1897-08-28
Her Lucky WlntHall.

"What il the most curious trans-
action l ever hadi" said we'll
known postage stamp dealer.
Some yearsago an old lady called
upon me, asking whether. I could
give her anything for a few old
stamps she had had by her since she
was postmistress in certain small
country town about half a century
ago.
ION examination they proved to
be some Of the very rarest Of the
old unused British stamps, and as I
had a customer for them ] told her
that l would gladly give her R3O for
them.
"'But what am I to do with all
that money!" queried the old lady
in apparent dismay at the sudden
possibility of so much wealth.
eff you like to send for 1t, shall
be glad to hand it over to any one
whom you care to provide with u
written authority for the payment,
Daid /, and to this she agreed with
evident relief.
Accordingly the next day.s man
called for the money. Shortly after
heard that he had married the old
lady. Iw0nder whether her lucky
windfall had anything to do with
itf"-Cassell's journal.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1897-08-28
1ou,. N.no,.on TO George Sand.

Letters addressed to George Sand
by Louis Napoleon have been pub
lished in LIE Figaro. They were
written when Louis was confined in
the prison of Ham. In one letter he
writes: II desire liberty, even pow.
err, but should prefer to die in
prison rather than to owe my eleva-
ton to lie. am not republican
because l believe the republic to be
impossible at the present time in the
presence Of ,nonarchical Europe and
Of the divisions Of parties.
another letter, of June 20, 1916,
he says: I'm the moral and political
world to know the point at which
liberty ends and license begins, at
which power ends and arbitrariness
commences, to perceive where cour-
age changes into temerity, tender
ness into weakness and the love of
good into folly, is to be versed in the
most complete handbook Of philoso-
ply. The science Of limits Is there
fore the veritable science Of. the
human race" The conclusion IL a
graceful one. And l perceive my
paper, like your patience, has limit
which ! will not Outstep."
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1897-08-28
Death OF q Ludlow Veteran.

Benoni B. Fullam, who had su f.
fered for two years from cancer on
the face, died Monday in Ludlow.
He was the son of Sewall and
Eunice H. (Goddard) Fullam ard
was born at Ludlow, March ~, 1888.
He married Lizzie Metcalf of
Rindge, N. H., IN 1886, and she,
with one daughter, Hattie E. surviv-
es him. There are also three sisters
and one brother.
Mr.. Fullam was democrat and
active in local and state politics.
He was a veteran Of the late war and
served IN three regiments, entering
the service as sergeant Of company
E, Ist Vermont volunteers October
IS, 1861, and was promoted to ser
geant major, and finally to first lieu
tenant, June II, 1862, and resigned
October IS, 1862. He enlisted in
the frontier cavaly January II, 1865,
was promoted to sergeant May IS,
1865, and mustered out June II,
1865.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1897-08-28
The Earl and His Texas Friends.

The Earl of Aylesford was espe.
cially well known i'll west Texas.
He owned Il ranch near Big Springs
and lived in the town. This was in
the days when steers wore worth $40
a head, range count, and everybody
had money. But even the broad
familiarity of the west halted at
Joey. They would not call him by
his title, SO they called him 1.-THE
boss" Every cowboy in that whole
country knew him by that name,
and all asserted that he was prince
of good fellows.
The earl was democratic in his as
sociations and preferred the unli-
censed frontier English of the plains
to the conventional phrases Of the
clubs. He bought hotel out there
and saloon. Whenever cowboy
doomed up there in a state of tinan-
cial desuetude he was sure to find a
friend who would provide him with
a first class room, plenty to eat and
all the flicker" he wanted. AS that
was the general condition of COW.
boys then and now, the earl's hotel
and the earl's barroom were costly
luxuries. He did big business,
and nearly every other saloon i'll Big
Springs was forced to close, but he
did not make any money. He did
not want to make any. He much
preferred spending it and buying
whisky and victuals for cowboys,
which was perhaps better way of
turning money loose than buying
brandy and sodas for the pegged out
aristocracy of London. And when
no died on his ranch all the cowboys
mou1ned his loss, and the grief was
sincere. Sun.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1897-08-28
Curious Conner Mining.

The United States consul at Santi-
ago de Cuba.reports that about nine
miles from that town there are cop
per mines, having shafts from 800 to
1900 feet deep, which were regu-
larly worked until 1867, since which
time they have been abandoned and
have become filled with water, AN
but 300 feet of their depth being ID
low sea level. But in later years
copper was obtained from the
drowned mines in an interesting
manner. The water with which
they are filled holds considerable
quantity of copper in solution, and
this water was pumped out into
tanks. Scraps of iron were then
thrown into it, and the dissolved
copper became deposited on the iron.
When the deposit grew sufficiently
thick it was broken off, and the iron
was thrown back into the water'to
gather fresh incrustation Of the
red metal. -Youth's Companion.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1897-08-28
Had to Pay Over $1,000 Duties.

There were large imports of lum-
Der to Newport and vicinity from
Canada just prior to the date when
the Dingley tariff bill became a law.
One large shipment was entered at
that customs port between midnight
OF Of July g and 4 o'clock the next
day and by the rulings of United
States Secretary Of the Treasury
Gage is subject to duty. The ruling
declares that there is no such thing
as fractional part of a legislative
day. President Mckinley signed
the bill on the afternoon of July "a
yet the bill went into effect on mid
night OF July %, therefore Newport
officers have just collected over one
thousand dollars duties on that I'm.
port of lumber.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1897-08-28
South Woodstock.

Capt Charles N Wsod and wife
from Stoneham, Mass, and Ezra
Robinson and wife OF Bfidgcwater,
visited at Joseph Hollis Wednesday.
Mr. and Mrs Needham from Ash
burnham, Mass, are guests OF
Lucien Morgan's. -."'..|
&c Billings has gone to Potsdam'
N. Y, to be absent four weeks on a
pleasure trip.
Mrs Laura Hoadly and Mrs Ellen
Rice, took ride to Bridgewatcr
one pleasant day, visiting at Ezra
r obinson's.
Miss Ada Bixby of Perkinsville is
guest of Miss Grace Kingsley TO,
a few days.
John Blake, Clarence Walker, Ora
Lincoln, Paul Kendall, with their
wives, returned Monday night from
four days camping excursion, re-
porting a pleasant time.
The Ladies circle was largely at.
tended last week with Mrs F p Fletcl
err; pleasant time, Notwithstanding
the heavy thunder shower. Re
cclpts ST. 40. The next circle is tc
be held with A lonzo Wood, Thurs
day, Sept. end.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1897-08-28

The new tariff has hardly got into
working order yet, but it is produce
lug large and discouraging deficit
every month; It has accomplished
that much its short life, but 1t may
not be considered to have had fair
trial. But here comes President Nc
Kinley with this statement, which
it may be remarked was due about
this time from some Republican
source:
"But the fact that prosperity has
set in in the east cannot be account
ed for in any other way than by the
wise policy of the Republican party
in restoring protective tariff"
The settlement Of the tariff ques-
ton has of course had a stimulating
effect upon business; dollar wheat
is bringing an era of prosperity to
the west and the east naturally shares
in the commercial stimulus, but to
ascribe to the Dingley tariff the
present hopeful outlook IS absurd
and unreasonable. 1t is as yet I'M
tried and its permanent effects are
doubtful.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1897-08-28

STATE OF VERMONT, At Probate court
District of Hartford SO held at Woodstock,
within and for said District. on the 18th day
of August, A. D.. 1897.
Present. Hon. I. o. Seaver. Judge.
An instrument purporting to be the last
will and testament Of Isaac Angel, late of
Bridgewater, in said district. deceased, is
presented to said court for probate and al
towance by Sarah Tracy, q legatee therein
named and it is ordered by said court that
all persons concerned therein be notified to
appear before said court, at q session there
OF to be held at the Probate Office. in
Woodstock, aforesaid. on. the 4th day Of
September, A. D., 1897, and show cause, if
any they may have. against the probate and
allowance OF said instrument as the last
will and testament of said Isaac Angel, for
which purpose it is further ordered that q
copy of the record of this order be publish
I'D three weeks successfully in The Spirit of
the Age. o newspaper published at Wood
stock in this state, as soon as may be, the
last of said publications to be one day, at
least, before said 4th day of September.
A true record, Attest,
A true copy Of record, Attest,
T. o. sEAVER, Judge.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1897-08-28
Barnard.

Barnard.
G. Z Clifford of kcith's theatre,
Boston, and his sister, Mrs. Miller
of Brockton, Mass, who have been
spending a month at the Silver Lake
House, made pleasan, trip to the
north part of the state in company
with Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Burke last
week.
Forty-three big loads of hay were
cut on the "Major Dantorth" farm
this year and from the Major Rich
mond' farm, now owned by A. w.
Thompson. fifty large loads were
taken.
{. E. Clifford of Boston has pur-
chased of Fred Burke two-year-old
FLY sired by Kentucky Pilot, dam,
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1897-08-28
WONDERFUL AL.BATROSS.
lts Marvellous flight In shs Az ana II
Ridiculous waddls o. Lad.

it, Marvellous flight In shs Az ana ~
Ridiculous Waddls o. Lad.
The albatross has been the theme
Of poets and naturalists ever since
the first one dawned upon the sight
Of man. The scientist has offered
many theories for the birds long
sustained power Of flight, but 1t re-
mains AZ much of mystery as ever.
An albatross will follow in u ships
wake for days. sailing steadily along
with no motions of the wings, silent
and inscrutable as fate. No other
motion than an occasional veer Of
the wings when the bird desires to
turn all angle is observed. Despite
the birds marvellous power OF sail
ing along, it is very hard for it to
rise from the water.
The home of the albatrOss is in the
antipodes and the Auckland islands.
No lighthouse rears its head there,
and heavy fogs and treacherous cur
rents swirl about the place. The
land is rough and mountainous on
the coast, but inland marvellous how-
ers grow-wonderful asters, mar
guerites, lilies and gentians-and
there millions upon millions of birds
make their homes
Among the coarse heritage the
pure white head of the albatross
meets the eye. The body is larger
than that of the swan, and its ex-
panded wings measure II feet from
tip to tip. Its glory has departed,
for, while nothing can be grander
than its flight over tho ocean, moth
inK is moro lutlicrous than its wad-
die on the land. Its. only sign Of de-
Tense is to clap it's beak in helpless
manner, for it cannot use its wings.
The nest il pile of earth like a
child's sand castle, and in the cup
shaped top the albatross lays one
egg. During the 60 days the egg is
Matching the mother does not stir
from the nest, for if she did the sea
hawks would swoop down on the egg
| and destroy 1t. The young bird Ia
covered with fluffy down, pure white
in color and silky as floss. The nes-
Ting is fed so assiduously that it be-
comes immensely fat and rivals it's
parent in weight. It is then desert
ed by the parents, who wander over
the ocean, sometimes encircling the
globe before returning home.
The most remarkable thing in the
history of the albatross is that dur
ing the absence Of the parents the
young nesting does not receive a
mouthful OF food. During the whole
time, sometimes four months, it lives
on the fat it has accumulated. In
the open nest ON a bleak hillside the
young albatross is exposed all win.
ter to sharp winds and the fiercest
gales that ever rush across the ocean,
yet at the end of its fast the young
bird is lively and in good condition.
The reason the parent birds &c
away is not known. Their desire fol
fight is mystery, fol it is not the
same as the migration Of our north.
ern birds to the south. When the
parents return, they uncerelnonious.
ly bundle out the nesting, which has
become a slaty gray in color, and
set about repairing the nest. The
young bird still stays around, evinc'
ing in many pretty ways its fond
ness for its parents, and not till nex'
year does it take it's first fight to sea
in company with its hard hearted
father and mother. -Chicago News
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1897-08-28
Did You Ever

Try Electric Bitters as remedy for
your troubles? If not, get bottle
hottie now and get relief. This
medicine has been found to he Pc
culiarly adapted to the relief and
cure of all Female Complaints, en-
ertlng wonderful direct influence
in giving strength and tone to the
organs. If you have Loss of Ape
tite, Constipation, Headache, Faint
ing Spells, or are Nervous, Sleep
less, Excitable, Melancholy or
troubled with Dizzy Spells, Electric
Bitters is the medicine you need.
Health and strength are guaranteed
bv its.use. Fifty cents and $I.oc
at A. Is. Morgan's Drug Store.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1897-08-28
NEWS OF THE STATE.

Herbert Poland has been arrested
for completely in the Cushman case
at Lincoln and put in Montpelier
Jail. 1t is understood that at least
one more warrant is in the hands of
an officer and that two or three more
persons will soon he arrested. There
are now five men in four Vermont
iails on account of the crime.
&C. Williams, assistant secre-
tary OF the Vermont board of 'agri-
culture, gives out the information
that the state veterinary, DR.. Rich,
assisted by himself, has tested in
three weeks IN the towns of New
port, Coventry, Derby, and Troy
2oSS cattle, and killed 1874 affected
with tuberculosis.
Thenews of the death of Milon
Davidson, aged 6s, prominent
Windham county man, was received
from Alexandria, Mimi, Wednes-
day. He was in the West IN 9he in
terest of the savings bank at New
fame, of which he was treasurer.
Mr.. Davidson was a native of Unity,
n. H., and was graduated from
Dartmouth IN 1862.
The political partnership of last
year between the FARMERS and silver
mine owners has been dissolved by
the irresistible logic of events, says
the New York World. The farmers
have not only discovered the fallacy
of the claim that the price of their
produces depended upon the price of
silver, but they are learning that free
coinagd is not necessary in order to
s'make money plentiful" There is
money enough not only to "move
the crops" but to paw for them and
70 start the wheels of industry.
With confidence restored and Il mark
q opened there is no longer any
complaint either of low prices or
lack of currency.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1897-08-28

Petrarch lived 10 years The son.
nets to Laura, the only productions
by which he is now remembered,
were written within period of 20
years, during which the intimacy
continued. Petrarch had been writ
ing sonnets to Laura for about 18
years when the lady fancied she dis
covered symptoms Of not unnat-
ural weariness and plaintively asked
the poet, Are you tired so soonf"
as though matter Of 10 years were
q mere bagntelle.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1897-08-28
Son Born TO Kipllng.

DR.. James Couland of Brattleboro
has received Il cable message as fol-
lows :"Rottingdean, England; boy /;
both well. R. Kipling." Mr.. KIP
ling was a near ne,ghbor of DR..
Couland when he lived at the "Bun-
galow," and the cable messag had
been expected for several days.
The K,plings now have three child
rem, the other two being daughters.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1897-08-28
Pomtret.

Pomfrer.
&. II. Vaughan has added new
counter to his store.
Mrs. ]. M. Bass has returned to
her home in Randolph.
Mrs. DR.. II. II. Mcintyre and Mr..
Hamlin Mcintyre of Randolph
spent Sunday at Hon. Crosby Viii
ler's.
Misses George and &c ma Atwood
of Woodstock are with their grand
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. O. &. Boyn-
ton.
Miss Jennie Cootey of Barnard,
is spendidg the present week with
her sister Mara, at NJ. II. Miller's.
Dexter Caprons little girl, Chris
tie, has been quite sick
Mrs. E. NJ. Wood of Newport,
N. H., is with her mother, Mrs.
Harvey Melendy.
Rev. A. J. Smith of West Hart
ford, delivered an interesting dis
course at the Town Hall last Sun.
day. About forty-fve were present
Miss Eunice Colburn, Miss Anna
Adams of Boston, and one of Will
Whipple's children were thrown
from there carriage last Friday,
while returning from visit to Cloud
land Farm. While coming down
the hill near S. E. Livingstone's the
holdbacks, which were too long, al
lowed the carriage to hit the horse.
This frightened the animal, causing
him to run down the hill, throwing
the occupants from the carriage and
demolishing 1t. Miss Colburn
and the child were bruised some,
while Miss Adams sustained more
serious inju ries. She was taken in
to Clarence TEACHERS, near by aud
was unable to be removed to
Mr.. Whipple's until the next day.
Fortunately no bones were broken,
but it will be some time before she
will fully recover from her injuries.
"Thcy are handles" said Thos. Bowers
of the Crockett, Texas, Enterprise, while
writing about De Wits Little Early Ris-
crs, the famous little pills Tor sick head
ache and disorders of the stomach and
liver.
Scott Tinkham, Quechoa, A. b Nor.
gan, Woodstock; l.. J. ". Marcy, Tafts.
Vile.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1897-08-28
For over E'lity Years.

MRS. WINsLOw'S SCOTHINo SYRUP has been
used for over fifty years by millions Of moth
ers for their children while teething, with
perfect success. 1t soothes the child, softens
the gums, allays all pain, cures wind collie,
and Is the best remedy for Diarrhea. It will
Sold by I'll druggists in every part of the
world: Twenty five cents bottle. Be sure
and ask for "Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Sy.
rup,n and take no other kind.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1897-08-28
The Ashantl Army.

The Ashanti army Is the male
part Of the Ashanti nation. Every
man who can keep up ON the march
is obliged to serve, and after an ex-
petition has set out the women
scour the streets and almost beat
to death any man whom they may
discover skulking at home. In bat
tie the generals occupy the rear, so
rs to cut down any one who may
try to run away. II the battle goes
against them, the generals commit
suicide
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1897-08-28

Following the national guard mus
ter the names of Col. L. G. Smith
and Gen. Mccullough are again
mentioned for the governorship,
though il is denied that the political
interests any one were canvassed on
that joyous occasion. There is a
suggestion, too, that Senator Proc
tor made hit whea he induced
President Mckinley to visit YER
mont. Duck hunting is not espc'
cially good among the Green noun
tains, else under former admins
tration political gossip would have
been endless and uncomfortable in this
neighborhood.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1897-08-28

Holland at the present moment
has its girl queen, Wilhelmina, and
for a few months before Alphonse
XIII was born the Infanta Mercedes
was temporary queen of Spain. The
ex-Queen Isabella resides in Paris,
so that it may be said there are four
women who wear OF have worn a
European crown alive at the present
time.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1897-08-28

German doctors have found In
making experiments with school
inks a bacillus that proved fatal to
mice within four days. But It is
not to mice alone that ink Is fatal.
There have been some very fine
regulations destroyed by it-Boston
Transcript
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1897-08-28

The September Ladies Home
Journal, in the variety, interest and
1imeliness of its articles, and in the
beauty of its illustrations, is nota.
BE number of that magazine. A
spirited article by John F. Coyle,
s'When Henry Clay said farewell to
the Senate" describes the most i'm.
pressive and dramatic scene ever en-.
acted in Congress, and another, b.
Clifford Howard, tells of ''Destroy'
iaG Million Dollars a Day." the
MSk of the redemption division Of
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1897-08-28

The Philadelphia Record thinks it
would be little short of a political
miracle if all the Earring and incon-
gruous elements-the Democrats
who voted for Bryan on account of
regularity, the Populists who voted
for him because he was Il Populist,
and the Silver Republicans who sup
ported him because they believed in
the free coinage of sllver-should
be brought together again in advo.
cacy of Accent dollar. This is
not day of miracles and there are
cheering indications that such sur
prise will not be feature of the
next campaign.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1897-08-28

TERRIBLE AcClDENT.-t is a terrible
accident to be bnrned or scalded; but the
pain aud agony and the frightfnl dis6g-
urements can be quickly overcome with
out leaving scar by using De Wits
Witch Hazel Salve.
Scott Tiukham, Quechee A. B. Nor
gan, Woodstock; L. j. N. Marcy, Tafts-
vile.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1897-08-28
No. Pomfret.

No. Pomfret.
Z. Y. Dana has returned from the
west. He says he never saw so
many cities without inhabitants or
so so many rivers without water as
are in southern California.
Howark Hamlln has returned to
F. E. Lamberton's from Boston.
Mr.. and Mrs. V. |. Spear recently
visited at H. w. Wallis.
Not only piles OF the very worst kind
can be cured by De Wits Witch Hazel
Salve, but eczema, scalds, burns, bruises.
hollis. ulcers and all other skin troubles
can be instantly relieved by the same
remedy.
Scott Tinktam, Qucchce: A. b. Nor
gan, Woodstock l.. j. NJ. Marcy, Tufts-
vile.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1897-08-28

our Treasury. Elizabeth Blsland, in
"The Difference Between Mrs. a.
and Mrs. b." defies the exactions
that "The Four Hundred" or the
dominating social circle of commun.
tiles, imposes on an aspirant for adj
mission to its ranks.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1897-08-28

The Klondlke discoveries have
caused renewal of fforts upon the
part of gold seekers in other sections.
There is great excite ment in Califor-
mia over new finds. and not in thirty
years has prospe citing been so genel-
ally INDUCED in. Else where and in
almost every state in the Union gold
is being found.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1897-08-28

The best Salve in the world for Cuts
Bruises, Sores. Ulcers. Salt Rheum, Fever
Sores, letter, Chapped Hands, Chilblains,
Corns, and all Skin Eruptions, and posi-
lively cures Piles, or no pay required. 1t
Is guaranteed to give satisfaction. or
money refunded. Price Is cents per box.
For sale BY A. B. Morgan.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1897-08-28
Spirit Of the Age,
Woodstock. w., Aug. 20, 1897.
BY EDWARD c. dana.

There is considerable humor in
the respectable Boston Journal when
it accuses its neighbors of opposite
political affiliations of partisanship.
If there ever was hide-bound po-
litical organ this Boston sheet is one.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1897-08-28

'fibbs-She is not only a fine look
ing girl, but they say she has ESQ.
900 in her own right.
Nibbs-What would you do if
you had wife like that?
Observation-Disclosures.