Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1870-12-29
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A. NJ, regular convocation Dec. q
1870, II o'clock, p. M.
WooDsTocK LODGE No. 81 f. &
NJ, regular communication Jan. 4tl
1871, 7 o'clock, p. M.
GRAND ARMY OF THE REPUBLIC -
Regular Meeting of Sheridan Post, Nc
ID %, Dept. of Vermont, G. A. r.,
held on the lst & Sd Thursday Evening
of each month. All applications for mus
ter must be made at Regular Meetings
By order of the Post Commander.
G. A. WOODBURY., Adt.
sit has seldom been the good forum
of our people to listen to lecture a
full of humor and interest as the on
delivered last evening by VIM. r En-
erson, on American Traits. ''-Bosto'
Traveller
Mr.. Emerson Lectures at the Towl
Hall here, Friday Eve. Jan 9th
"Our colored fellow CITIZEN" Todd,
is "very unfortunate man." Troubles
eome not singly upou him, but in
& platoons, He was brought before
Justice Geo r. Chapman, one day this
n week, for bastardy, and at the same
timo another gushing colored damse,
who Lowell not "wisely but too well,
made oath that he raped her The
Justice charged home on him in both
cases, and he goes to Jail to await the
action Of the County Court. If Todd
h gets out of this dilemma, and he prob
A ably will, there is no telling how much
4 fame he may acquire in this direction,
but one thing he ought to know, and
that is, that ambition killed Caesar.
DR.. Cotton, was taken suddenly ill on
Tuesday, of inflammation of the bowels,
5 and suffered intensely for twenty-four
hours. DR.. Hazen was called We
. pre- glad to know that he is now CON
Ealescent, at his Room No. 5, Eagle
Hotel, and will be able to attend to his
e patients, who are now in DR.. Hazen's
\! charge, in a few days
There is a child now living in Wood
Y stock, w., which is a representative Of
the fifth generation. Its mother is now
IS years of aye, its grandmother 40, its
great grandmother So, and its great
great grandmother 96. All are now
ing within nine miles of each other
Exchange.
Who is it?
Our friend Nathan Lamb is on the
stool Of repentance and we trust a
good esprit will commune with him
while there.
There are pleasant moments in the
ife Of an editor after all. One evening
asst week we went home to tea late,
htter the trials and cares of the day,
pnd found at our mansion a giant tur
key-the largest one in America-to
which was attached card which read
'Presented by Frederick Billings to
VIM. ID. McNIaster" We felt grateful,
and our household felt grateful. Mr..
Billings gives literally, and withholds
not his hand when appealed to for char
table purposes We have just seen a
paper in circulation in aid of a poor
man in Bridgewater who broke his leg
short time since in this village, on
which he has signed $40. May all good
things attend him and his wherever
hey are scattered over the earth.
A few porcine boarders were slaugh-
Tered at the Eagle Hotel, in Woodstock,
Se other day, that weighed as follows
BIZ, 1881, 343, AGA, 57O4, 379, 3954.
None were over Is months, nor under
10 months. How is that for high ?
The Vermont Farmer is the name
pf new agricultural paper just started
bit Newport under the editorship of DR..
r. H. Hoskins, and Mr.. q. E. Jane
ION. 1t has our best wishes for its sue
a. cess
The period of the year is ap
preaching when small and large bills are
presented for settlement BY paying
up promptly, which in nine cases out of
zen it is just as easy to do as to post
pone, the big and little wheels of bust.
ness would revolve without friction.
Rev. J. E. Wright is to become set
led pastor of the Unitarian church at
Montpelier.
We call the attention of our readers
10 Kuapp's Kckshaws, &C., advertised
u another column.
That Woodstock is we'll shaved |
place no ont side barbarian will deny,
bud we claim that we can do something
@ it here, too. Joe B. Silver has the
neatest shop in the State for this bust
ness, over the P. o., Woodstock, and as
b hair dresser he has no superior Joe
presented many of his customers at
Christmas with "gold mounted" shaving
cups, and brushes, which was very
profitable to him. Joe is tip top boy.
G. c. Collins lecture at the Town
Hall on Friday evening last, is highly
spoken of. He had large audience.
Sixteen families, including the Min.
sters of all our Churches, and the Edi