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

rears would notice those little bills sent
them, and remit at once, it would aid
us greatly in carrying out our plans
and in giving them better paper
Please remit.
Potatoes are selling in Woodstock
market for So cents per bushel
New fence around the jail-yard-in
prospect,
Mr.. Daniel Streeter of Pomfret,
will please accept our thanks for lib
eral donation Of maple sugar.
The residents of Linden street are
identifying their grounds with young
maple and evergreen trees,
Sunday the 10th inst, George Col
by Of South Woodstock, while using a
chisel, accidentally run it nearly through
his arm, causing the lockjaw
Z. w. Leonard has sold out his
millinery establishment TO Miss !. f.
Martin Of Coldbrook, N. H. We wei
come a Granite State lady among us,
and trust she will receive a liberal share
Of patronage
We understand that the village
corporation is going to put up seven
new street lamps this spring.-LudIow
Gazette
Which is a good thing for Ludlow,
and would be a good thing for Wood
stock.
I'VE dropped into the Marble Shop
of Mr.. N. c. Thompson one day last
week, and found his foreman at work
upon q monument for the late Hon.
Andrew Tracy, which, in quality of
marble, design, lettering and polish, is
seldom equalled, in our judgment.
Big eggs crowd things on our Ia
bic. DR.. Cotton handed us an egg laid
by a pullet owned by Widow Bailey,
of Woodstock, that measured y =
inches. That chicken will do to keep,
and our Barnard hen, noticed elsewhere,
will have to scratch to maintain her
reputation in the egg line.
TAFTsvILLE. We understand that Mr.
David Hathaway has commenced opera
tons on new dam across the river, a
short distance below the village, and that
he will build a new saw-mill, 80 90
feet, and two stories high, the upper part
to be finished for shop. We are glad
to note this new enterprise and wish Mr.
Hathaway abundant success,
Thompson & Fletcher's new block,
on Central street, near the Jail, is being
rapidly pushed to completion, and when
finished will be handsome building. 1t
is wooden structure, two stories high,
with tin roof, and is we'll lighted. The
ground floor is to be occupied by the
above firm as a sales-room for stoves,
holow-vare, &c.
We clip the following from the
Springfield (NIass.) Republican of last
week:
"Mr. Lockwood, the owner of the
birthplace of Hiram Powers, at Wood
stock, has decided to build new house
next year, and tear down the old man.
sion. Strong efforts are being made,
however, by the friends of the sculptor
to save his early home. One hundred
years ago it was the best house in the
village"
1t was very hard,shell Baptist, of
Tennessee, who suggested, when he
heard of the reformation of an ungodly
neighbor, that no ordinary baptism
would do for that man-the only sure
way would be to tie a grindstone to his
feet and "anchor him over night in the
middle of the river, - EIrchange
That will do for Tennessee-but ifthat
''ungodly neighbor" had been located
in these parts, an hours confinement in
our office during a rain-storm would
have done the business for him. No
reference to leaky roofs allowed in these
columns
Saturday, the 10Th inst, while Mr..
Edward Harris, manufacturer Of Har-
ris's doeskins, and Mr.. Russell Brew
ster were driving a colt, near Mr.. Brew
sters residence at South Woodstock, it
became frightened at the cover of the
carriage, and ran, upsetting the car.
riage and throwing out Mr.. Harris and
Mr.. Brewster. Mr.. Harris was
somewhat bruised, but nothing serious,
while Mr. Brewster had both bones Of
his leg broken twice, below his knee.
We had a surprise one evening last
week. Editors are not easily surprised,
but we were taken down on this occasion.
The express brought us mysterious
looking box, which, on opening, did moi
prove to contain nitro-glycerine, an in.
fernal machine, or anything of that ma.
ture but some very handsome samples
Of the hnst % old Nirminnr" c,,nnl.; inn L.,