Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1871-06-01

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N. Goodale has advertised to sell
his stock of Furniture at Auction on
Saturday, June 10th.
On Thursday last we had some
splendid thunder showers, and mother
earth being very thirsty she drank freely
The weather is cooler since.
The prospects of the Woodstock
Railroad brighten. If$75,OO0 can be
raised in the valley Of the Quechee-
or anywhere else-the road will be
completed at once. This can be done
if the people will it.
"A valuable horse, cold Dan" one
of a matched pair of chestnuts, owned
by Hon, Frederick Billings, dropped
dead in the street on Thursday, while
being driven by Schuyler Hoisington,
The horse had not been exercised to any
unusual degree and probably died ofap-
poplexy.
-Chas. P. Marsh, ESQ.,, of this vii
lage, leaves this morning on pleasure
trip to California and the Pacific coast
with party of relatives and friends
He will be absent couple of months
His law Office, and his Life, Accident,
and Fire Insurance business will be in
charge of his son, Chas. M. Marsh, a
young man of undoubted ability, in
tegrity, and industry. He has con-
Quoted the insurance business almost
wholly for about year, and has given
satisfaction in every case. Charley is
gentlemanly, courteous, and reliable
every time, and persons doing business
with him during his fathers absence,
will have no reason to regret it.
The hot weather ofthe past week
has wilted many paper collar, and
caused the we arer to "sigh for some
cool retreat" 1922 in the shade" was
about where the thing stood. A
scientific gentleman went home at noon
one day, and seeing his thermometer
in the sun, he fastened his steps to
remove it to apail of water. 1t stood
at 1926 deg-lacking only deg. of burst
ing. Oh, if he had had one of those
summer suits at DANA & NEwcoMB's,
how easy he "could have went for
that therm ometer."
CAMP MEET1NG.-The Advent Chris
tan people of this and neighboring
towns are to hold large tent meeting
in this place, to commence Tuesday
evening, June 18th, and hold over the
following Sunday. The tent is to be
pitched in Messrs. King and Hewitt's
beautiful grove. Several of the ablest
preachers of that denomination are to
be present to conduct the services
among whom are Ed. Miles Grant
of Boston, and Ed. John Couch of
Chelsea Mass, and Ed. S. G. Mathew
son of Castleton, Vt. Clergymen and
Christians of all denominations are and
will be invited to attend to help for
ward a good work.
The EDIroR.-What an unfortunate
fellow the editor is, to be sure, and
how much is expected of him. If a
man buys new horse Or buggy, Or if
his COW can bawl three times without
winking, the editor is expected to pro-
claim the fact with a great flourish
Ifhe starts a two-penny business his
first thought is to bride the editor with
five cent cigar to write up five dol,
lar puff. Indeed, he thinks it is the
mission of the editor to make his for
tune for him by free blowing. He
will take the editor to one side and
point out the superior qualities of a
rat terrier dog, and coolly ask him to
"give the pup hoist" He don't care
any thing about it, only Spriggins has
dog that he thinks is buster, and
some of 'em wanted his dog "put in
just to take the conceit out of Sprig-
gins. Oh, yes, ''put him in" by all
means. Everybody wants us to "put
it in" that they are the "Great Am,
but nobody says "Here, editor, put
yourself into new suit of clothes OF
take this piece of beef home, or throw
yourself outside of this oyster stew, OF
stuff this watch into your pocket" Oh,
no; of course not that would cost
something. The shoe is on the Other
foot, you see. The editor is supposed
to know everything about other peo-
pies business, and is expected to "show
up" all the ctors in every family 'jar'
in town. If the vile tongue of scandal
finds a victim, people wonder that he
don't run about with his book and
gather up the vituperative bits Of
SANDER for the press. When a circus ar
rives in town the agent Immediately
rushes for the print office, and slips
three or four tickets into his hand and
whispers-"Draw us big crowd
'cPut it in strong! and patting him
patronizingly on the shoulder, the ag en-,
admits the inferiority of the actors, but