Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1873-07-03

Woodstock.
Remark by Mr. Mildway-"d-m
'em-I'll stop it for one year.
There are a few "squibs" in this
column that the anti-railroad element
will understand. The Ants are
strange bed-fellows.
We will have the Fourth of July
in Woodstock, but no celebration.
Mr.. Allen Thompson of this
town, gives quite a history of the mare
Princess, the queen of the turf, in the
New York Spirit of the Times, of
June 18th, which proves beyond doubt
that she was a Vermont horse, which
is credit to the State, and of interest
to horse men. Its great length pre-
vents us from reproducing it in the
AGE. 1t must have cost Mr.. Thomp-
son time and money to collect the
facts and write up the article.
We give an interesting extract in
another column on the late Hiram
Powers, the sculptor.
Our fishermen have been out in
great numbers this week, but all Of
them did not meet with that success
that Simon Peter and his brotheren had
on Gallilee However many of the
fishes brought in, as Elder Twtch.
ell, remarked about mosquitoes in
heather land, would weigh a pound.
Those who were out Tuesday got a
good wetting, but they did not regret
it, as they were so very dry on the
outside.
The "oldest inhabitant" has no
recollection Of seeing such "dry
SPELL in this section. The drought is
very severe throughout New England
They have plenty Of rain in the West
and the crops are looking well. In
the South they have too much wet
California will yield an abundant har-
vest The lookout is not very dis
couraglng yet. On Tuesday after
noon we had splendid rain in this
section, under which everything, ami
mate, and inanimate, reioiced. But
like Oliver Twist, we ''want more"
Should our railroad fail this time.
depend upon it all the old skeletons
will be cxhumed.
The new postage law went into
effect the first of the month. The law
compels payment on country papers
and newspaper eXchanges--heretofore
iree-tive cents quarter, twenty cents
a year. We advise orr subscribers to
only pay for six months, ten cents, and
by that time we hope the odious law
will be repealed. ''The best Govern
ment in the world" is getting to be
pretty tough. The last Congress was
asevere barnacle on the Ship of State.
Having no implements for rebellion at
hand, wesubmit to the new law, pledg-
ing ourselves to the advocacy of its
speedy repeal.
We trust no exchange will "cut" us,
and we shall "cut" none.
If Barnum needs a new "bappy
family" to make complete his show,
we will lend him for limited season
our anti railroad quntette.
Mrs. Nellie J. Kenyon will speak
at Baxter's Hall, Elm Street, on Sun
day next July 9th, at the usual time
of service.
T. NJ. Brown and family of Mont
peIier, have gone to Yankton, Dakota.
The Colonel has contract for survey
ing government lands in that territory.
Next Sunday July 6th,) at half
past 10 o'clock forenoon, there will be
a Floral Service, at the Universalist
Church, at which time Rev. Mr.
Hewitt will address the Sabbath School.
after which there will be speaking,
singing and Rotations of scripture
by the members of the school. This
will be rich and profitable entertain.
ment. The house will be decorated
with flowers, etc, appropriate to the
occasion. The lovers of flowers and
children are invited to be present.
When money is to be expended
1T is well to have paying partners.
This having to settle all the bills isn't
comfortable.