Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1873-02-06

II AZ IL IS zero.
There is no truth in the report
that our citizens have been compelled
to climb telegraph poles to get fresh
air, last week.
-Woo dstock is under gas light
once more.
The boys had the "old new" en-
CINE out Squirting" Tuesday after
noon. 1t threw II inch stream about
100 feet high, but it went hard with
25 men at the "breaks." Grease it
it is new
We are having spell of warm
weather. Thermometer several de-
grees above freezing.
Nelson II. Barnes, Esq, of Chica-
90, started Christmas Presents to his
father, Mr.. Henry Barnes of this town,
in the shape Of barrel Of flour and a
western porker, and on Tuesday the
-four and piggy arrived all safe, being
nearly two months on the road. Piggy
was dressed in tight-Iitting shirt and
was frozen stiff. Mr.. Barnes is one of
our foremost farmers, and the presents,
although novel in tier nature, are fully
appreciated.
On Thursday morning of last week
Mr.. Miller's thermometer sunk to SO
degrees below zero Mr. Doton's to 81.
Miller will have to change the location
Of his thermometer or loose his rep
utation for giving the coolest weather,
A woOd-man relaxes the facial
mucle considerable now when you talk
wood to him. First class green wood,
4 foot, can be bought for $3.50 per
cord. Two weeks since the same
quality sold readily for Sc and $3.50.
The Rmland Courier copies our
Railroad item from the AGE last week
and comments on it, by saying that we
should not find any fault with Rutland
for not bonding while we have ten
miles Of road "gone to grass" We
never found any fault with Rutland;
never found any fault with Woodstock
as town; never found any fault with
the neighboring towns never found
any fault with the local press all did
well. But we do find fault with the
management of our ten miles of road
gone to grass" and the fogies who
pull at the tail of the car of progress
hallooing 'whoa. whoa /. whoa!!w
"A committee consisting Of John
Porter Of Hartford, Hosea Vaughan
Of Woodstock and Paul ID. Dean of
Barnard, has been appointed to receive
proposals for term Of years to locate
the Windsor Co. Fairs after the expir-
alton of the contract with the Wood
stock Agricultural Association, and re-
port at the next annual meeting of the
Society,
--Cavendish is to have an imported
P, NJ. The papers say r. II. Button
of Bradford is the man.
There are many newspapers start
ing up in Vermont. A. "A Earl is soon
to start one at Morrisvile Like the
gun of IIudibras, such an enterprise
is "apt to bear wide and kick the own,
er over"
Mr. Kimball, recently in the en-
ploy of Hon. Frederick Billings, as
goldman, has purchased the interest of
Sturteyant Brothers in the drug and
medicine business. IT he handles the
mortar and pestle with the same ease
that he has the ribbons" his success
is sure. The Messrs. Sturevants are
preparing to $50 west"
Remember that the Universalist
Society hold festival at the Town
Hall this Thursday evening. Give
'emyour "smiles" andyourloose ''scrip."
The Universalists of st. Johns
bury dedicated a $4,000 house of
worship on Tuesday of last week. Rev.
Eli Ballou of South Woodstock was
present and took part in the service.
Thomas Rogers, formerly of East
Bethel, has beat us out of $3.50. The
man who will cheat a publisher out of
four cents a week, deserves to be-
kicked to death by skunks.