Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1870-12-15

a, NJ, regular conYocali0n Dec. 20,
1870, Il o'clock, p. M.
WooDsTocK LODGE No. 81 f. & A.
NJ, regular communication Dee. 9TH,
1870, o'clock, p. NJ.
GRAND ARMY OF THE REPUBLIC -
Regular Meeting of Sheridan Post, No.
%, Dept. of Vermont, G.. A. r., is
held on the LIST & Sd Thursday Evenings
of each month. All applications for mus
ter must be made at Regular Meetings.
BY order of the Post Commander.
C. A. WOODBURY., 1dt
gg~The Hon. VIM. Parsons lecture
last Friday night was the very best one
of the course, and the G.. A. II. deserve
the thanks of our lecture going people
for securing the services of so brilliant
an orator, wit and humOrist
Ladies' who wish that difficult article,
Il suitable present for gentleman, can
be easily suited by inspecting Messrs.
Foster & Eaton's stock of garments and
elegant Furnishing Goods, which are
going to be sold at tempting prices.
The Christmas festival OF the ladies
of St. James Church will be held at the
Town Hall on Wednesday evening next.
They offer very pleasing programme.
In the County Court on Tuesday, the
case of State V. l. P, Raymond. lndct-
ment for assault upon his wife on the
9th day of September, Plea, not guilty.
For the State, Mr.. Edminster, 5. A.
For respondent Mr.. Paul and Mr.. Den
ison. Verdict guilty. Exceptions were
aiken to the rulings of the Court and
the case goes up.
The Ram Rods of Windsor were on
hand on Wednesday, and B. f. Hem
of that town was convicted of 46 offences
against the prohibitory liquor law. They
claimed over 100 offences. The swear
ing Oh the part of the State was terrific.
No man owning first-class dwelling
house can insure himself as cheaply as
the "Windsor County Mutual will do
it. 1t will take more than seven hun
dred and fifty years for the assessments,
at their average rate, and advance 3 per
cent. to equal the amount insured.
70 Accidents to ones person are very
numerous, much more so than fire. The
Accident Insurance Company of Hart
ford, Conn, with its paid up capital of
nearly million of dollars, is the only
one Of the kind in this country. Charles
P. Marsh of this village is the ageut,
who also sells registered tickets for any
length of time, from one day to thirty
days, for 20 cents day, which are good
for $4,000. Every one travelling for a
day, or longer, should procure one OF
these tickets their cost is nothing
hardly, while the benefit to the holder in
case of casualty is immense.
1t is reported that several hunters in
Brattleboro recently chased for several
hours and finally killed q wild animal
which proved to be only grade Alder
ney heifer which had lived on her own
hook since last spring. Shall we not
now hear from the Grafton northwest
Fur Co.-Bell0,cS Fails Times.
Weather mild, and not a bit winter.
like. No snow as yet to speak of,
though an occasional furry visits us, an
earnest Of what is to come, we suppose
To-day (Thursday) there is "shift u
and it feels more like winter
A WARM NovEMBER.-The weather.
wise-worthy who keeps the Boston
Traveller so well posted about heat and
cold, rain and snow, says that the mean
temperature Of the last quarter Of No
vember, just ended, was 1921 degrees
in Boston, which is five and half de-
grees above the average for AS years.
We have seen the temperature about
Thanksgiving good deal meaner than
that. The whole month was PAL de
gres above its average for 46 years
yet there have been eleven warmer
November within that time. But the
average temperature Of the six months
of half year, from June to December
1870, was warmer this year than in any
other Of the last 46 years. The month
just ended was the sixth warm month il
succession; in the course of it there
were but two frosty mornings in Boston
the 18th and 10Th, and on the latter
morning autumnal plants were killed
in the city. In the course of the last
46 years there has been only one No
vember in which there was not any
frost viz, in 1880 so that, on the 1st Of
December of that year, the Boston dab
las were in full blossom; in severa
years since 1880 they were not destroy
ed until the middle of November De