Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1871-01-26
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January 10, 1871, at 100 o'clock, 2. M
GRAND ARMY OF THE REPUBLIC -
Regular Meeting of Sheridan Post, No
'22, Dept. of Vermont, G. A. r., il
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.
C. A. WOODBURY., Adh
Remember Professo" Angels Lee
ure on the 9TH of February.
Dr. Boynton's Lecture was we'll at,
tended, and many passages in his dis
course were truly eloquent and to the
point and, had he not probed the
"Late Civil Contest so much, it might
be characterized as one Of the best of
the course
Mr.. E. I. Abbott, long and favorably
known to the trading public of Wood
stock and vicinity, first as a clerk for
Mr.. Chas. Dana, and lately with the
firm of Jones 81 Chapman, is out with
proclamation on his own hook this
week in another column. He has just
returned from Boston with an excellent
stock of Dry Goods and Groceries,
Call and see him in the Tracy Block.
No snow yet-that is, not enough
for sleighing. Thermometers on Mon
day morning last, NIiller's, stood 2O0
below ''mero,' Doton's, % ., and they
have only varied one or two degrees up
to present writing (Thursday), Ye
dwelers in genial climes how is that
for "chill ?" Ice is sure crop i'll
Vermont this winter.
1t is showing as we 90 to press, and
the prospect is good for heavy fall
of the article.
In this issue of our paper may be
found three columns Of new advertise
ments, and it will pay the reader to
lOUk ell ONcI.
The Masonic L,vec, advertised in an
other column, we may expect to be equal
to any ever held in the State. The
committee are making the most COM
plete arrangements. The Hall will be
decorated with Masonic taste, and all
who attended the Levee last winter and
partook of the splendid supper furnished
by Mr.. Fairbanks, need no further guar
antee of what will be done this time
Masons from abroad can have their
teams cared for at the Hotel, free of ex-
pense.
Manchester, VT, has a whiskey
spring So says the Journal. That's
nothing, we have steady stream of it
here-from Tibbets & Co., Manchest.
er, N. H.
A bill is soon to be introduced in
Congress by Senator Hamlin of Maine,
and Representative Butler of Massa-
chusetts, asking loan of Government
Bonds, at the rate of $4,000 per mile,
as each forty miles of double track
line with steel rails and iron bridges
are completed, as aid to the Portland,
Rutland and Chicago Railroad, the rate
of transportation to be regulated by
law. This means business.
The following Officers of the Wind.
sor County Agricultural Society have
been chosen for the year ensuing -
President, Frederick Billings of Wood
stock; Vice Presidents, Noah B. SAT-
ford, of White River Junction, and
Paul D. Dean, of Barnard Secretary,
Henry Boynton, of Woodstock Treas.
urer, Norman Paul, of Pomfret.
Mr.. James Pratt, of Woodstock, Zone
of the "cuds," informs us that he found
nineteen rats frozen together in a
"chunk' in his hay NOW short time
since. Their tails, he says, varied from
five to ten inches long, which would
indicate that most Of them were sold
rats. He thawed them out and gave
them to his cat. The cat is living
Haskell e. Blodd have dissolved
partnership in the dental business
Mr.. Blodd goes to Ludlow, and Mr..
Haskell retains the office here.
VIM. d. Gilbert of Woodstock, while
using palmer in Dewey & Co.'S fac
tory, Quechee, a knot of wood struck
him in the face, and nearly put out one
of his eyes. Mr. Gilbert lost the use
Of leg in the army, and this is a severe
blow to him. We are sorry Mr..
Gilbert The doctor thinks he can
save the sight
The Waterbury, VT, National Bank
was broken into by burglars, on the 18th
inst. The large safe was blown open,
but an inner one stood the test. The
bank loses no funds, but gains full as
sortment of burglars implements. 1t
was bold, but unsuccessful attempt.