Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1871-04-20

ou"Hot VIZ ldNlhS llltlc uilplVdSalV
ness over the late election Of County
Commissioner. The JOunal accuses
the @andoTd Of "putting on airs OF in
suited dignity because it 0he Jouna)
did not keep stepto the music Of the
Standards piping and says that broth
er Greene "se,s himself up as the tenn
perance party, par excellence, of Wind,
sor County" Brother Greene retorts
with the classical expression that the
editor of the JowWal is a "ac0H" and
doubts if editor McIndoe would keep
sober were the next convention 70 be
held at the Junction House.
Rather incorporate language these
two knights Of the quill are indulging
in. We doubt if brother McIndoe will
submit to be called San excresence on
the body polite and we would sug-
gest to the parties interested, that the
quickest way to settle this tremendous
gush Of words, is to order ''pistols and
coffee for two
Having a few moments of leisure
one day last week, we made visit to the
premises of the Hon. Frederick Billings,
This is one of the finest farm residences
in the State, and it is worth days jour
ney to look it over and TO those who
have known the place previous to Mr..
Billings occupancy, it is worth week S
travel. The face of nature here is entire
Iy changed and as Mr.. Becchcr says,
this is a great work in itself Hills are
leyeled, hollowS are filled, buildings are
up, walks, drive-ways and gardens are
being laid out The work of planting
trees blasting rocks, and building walls
is going on, Some forty men are en-
gagged and it looks more like public than
private work. The farm is in charge OF
Mr. Weston, an excellent practical farm
cr, but Mr.. Billings pays special attcn-
ton to everything on the premises. The
finest stock in the State-mostly import
cd-can be found on the place. The
sugar orchard on the farm is the largest
and finest in these parts, and Mr.. Billings
is improving this also He has just set
out 400 young naples in connection
with it, at the base of Mount Tom,
which, in few years, will be good to
look upon, \ large quantity Of sugar
was made here this Spring and through
tie generosity Of Mr.. BilIings-thcre is a
no more generous man-many at home
and abroad had a chance to test its supe-
rior qualities
The face OF nature has changed here, so
quickly and so noiselessly, as to resem-
bic the transformation effected on the
morning of creation. In the language
of Scripturc--"lhe land that was desert
ed and impossible is glad, and the will
deness rcjoices and hourishes like the
lily The eyes of the blind are opened,
and the ears Of the dead are unstopped,
for waters are broken out in the desert
and streams in the wilderness.
The new Tannery spoken of few
weeks since, is hourishing. We paid a
visit to the establishment on Thursday
Of last week, and found it in full opera
ton 1t is located in the basement of
Henry T. Marsh's stone building. and
is owned and operated by Mr.. John
Keefe, practical tanner. Mr.. Keefe
has been, and is now, what time he can
spare from his own tannery, Mr. Stan
dish's foreman has always tanned with
bark, but from experimenting, he has
become convinced that the Ira Wood
patent leaf process is the way to tan
He is fully convinced that leather can
be made cheaper and better in this way
than by any other mode known to tan
ners, and will have some of the leather
in the market in q few weeks. The watts
are in, the hides are undergoing the
first process, steam is ready, and the
stack Of leaves is being gathered. We
would state here that we have used
leather made by this process and will
have no other if it can be found in mar
ket; which is only reiterating the public
statement of one Of our Supreme Court
Judges Hon. Edmund Burk, of N.
H., for many years Commissioner of
Patents at Washington, also indorses
this mode Of tanning and says he pre-
fers the leather made in this way to any
other. Success to the enterprise, say
We
Since writing the above, we were
called, with other citizens, to witness
the triumph of the process. We were
shown hide that had been in the liquor
only half an hour, and Mr.. Keee as
sured us, and he knows from long ex-