Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1870-12-08

W9rmest day, 9Th Thermometer 6!0(
Range of the Thermometer, 4G degrees
Mean of max. them. for the month"; 1881
mini. " " 4" 27.0d
Mean temperature at ! o'clock a. M. 29.lG
80 q EN- +. M: s as.s7
, for the month. 3f.l7
Mean of coudncss at o'clock a. m. AGO
p. m. j.j7
for the month, $50
Mean force ofwind att o'clock II. m. l.57
pm. 2.l7
p. IN. LOU
for the month"; LIS
Number of days on which rain
or snow has fallen, 8
Number of days without rain or snow, 81
Amount ofran and melted Sncw, l.SI
Amount of snow in inches, 200
The weather has Continued dry through the
month, and wells and streams continue to be
nearly as low as III midsummer. The creates
rain was on the 3D., when there Tell II little more
than half an inch, All the other storms dur
ing the month were very slight.
Snow fell on the Nth, 18th and 22nd, on the
last of WHICH there fell some more than inch
There was q severe thunder storm on the the
Sd, during which the electrical display was
much more terrific than any previous storm
dur ing the season. Three cattle, belonging to
Calvin I. JosSclyn of Brdgewater, were killed
by the lightning.
Ponds in the river were frozen sufficiently
for skating on the Doth, having been nearly
frozen over on the 10th and l7lh,
Solar spots OF sufficient magnitude to be
visible to the naked eye could be seen nearly
through the month.
There were faint auroras visible frequently
during the month, bur not very brilliant.
On the evening Of the 2Sth at about o'clock
there was Il beautiful display ofradiating clouds,
extending in numerous clearly defined lines en- :
tirey across the heavens from the east and
west points Of the horizon.
Don't forget IIon Mr.. Persons lee
ture at the Town Hall tomorrow eve
ming 1t will, no doubt, be the best one
Of the course.
Mr.. a G. Brown, had the little finger
of his left hand cul off bv a circular sew
in Sayward s. Fishers shop on Tuesday
last.
ca. Moses Preston, q veteran Demo,
era; End Free Mason died in Sharon.
Epgcuu- 27IJ, aged - yearl. Col.
Pu-toa ".. N-' ~, tn, !c liAe man Of
~."m ~ als .ar. pn. ,'- t.r, ,> Ia
o..'e3 by yu-. noos.. ..rnal>.
AT South Wo6d,,ocs on Sunday eve,
December !, the Young M,n's Chris
tian Association met at the schoohouse
in Distrc; No. Is, as they have been in
the habit Of for the past few months, but
were denied admittance, and the rea son
given was that it was burning up the
wood belonging to the school. We
understand the person who was the
prime mover pays about one dollar tax
year, and has about $4,000 in GOV
eminent bonds.
DR.. Flagg, whose advertisement ap
pears in another part Of this paper, will
be at the Eagle Hotel, Woodstock, on
Friday and Saturday, Dec 23 and oath
from 9 a. M. till 8 p mr.
Foster & Eaton have Over Coats and
Business Suits in greater number and
at less price than ever offered before.
Give them call.
A Vermoner, who recently made his
plans for winter visit to his brother
i'll Michigan, ascertaiued, on arriving at
New York, THAT his brother had been
dead for three years.
An engine at Rutland passed over
two years old baby, the other day, roll !
ling it over and over between the rails.
and finally leaving it with scarcely
scratch. Bit the experiment is hardly
worth repeating.
DR. Fl. A. Cutting Of Luenburg has
been appointed state geologst and Gu
rator OF the state cabinet at Montpelier.
A barn and two brick blocks adioiu-
ing, in Fairhaven, w., were totally de-
s'royed by fire on Sunday evening last,
causing loss of property to the amount
of S14 900, on which there was an in
surance Of $500.
The new Episcopal church edifce in
Chester will be completed Christmas. 1t
is built in modern style and costs $lj,-
600, of which sum Mrs. +. L. Fullcton
contributes Fni1e cue half.
Twenty of a flock of turkeys be.
longing TO Mr.. Barber of Sangate.
Killed themselves by flying too high aud
c'miug down too fast few days ago.
The Spathic Iron Company at Tyson
Furnace, consume 5000 cords of hard
wood in the year. They manufacture
iron at the rate Of six tons per day. |
But one other niue of spathic ore known
to exist in the country. and that is
small one in Connecticut,
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