Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1873-07-10

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Woodstock.
Mrs. N. A. Keith & Allen, will
close their dress making rooms the
coming week for Il short vacation. AT
ter which they will resume business as
they have formerly done. Notice will
be given of their return.
Those of our citizens who have
done the "heavy standing round" the
last six years, may wake up to the fact
it would have been money in theil
pockets to have worked for the road
instead of trying to pick flaws in mat
tiers they could not mend.
Law is luxury and to be paid
for as such. Don't put your foot in ii
until you know where you'll land, and
who is to pay the shot. Have this
part fixed before you start, or there
will be quarrel with somebody, and
broken bones perhaps.
Intelligence is requested from any
party knowing, concerning Fred Car
ter, an apprentice to the printing bust.
ness, who left this Office July Sd, in.
tending to celebrate the 4th somewhere
and return in due time. We fear he
has fallen into the hands of the Mo-
docs
"A sirloin roast and a well flleC
demijohn prove excellent aids TO re-
Election.
1T is just possible some of oul
good people who, since the early days
of subscription to the stock Of the
Woodstock Railroad have manifested
quiet indifference to the enterprise
will find, in the end, they have Jarhed
up the wrong tree.
Our friend, Henry Harding writ
inc us from Massachusetts and remit
ting his subscription, says, 81 hope
before this expires to see you, wheth
er you have a Railroad or not.
must have the AGE anyway"
&C. w. Knapp is quite low from
his old complaint-spinal affection
and fears are entertained for his re
covery.
Anthony Haggerty was kicked
by one of Mr.. Woodward's horses
which he was taking care Of He ha,
an ungly cash on his forehead, but his
brains don't quite hang out. He is SC
as to be about his business.
The Fourth passed off quietly here
The small boys INDUCED in fire crack
ers, and the older ones in Il few guns
in the morning and evening.
These sweltering days, when eacf
wag of the jaw costs you several drops
of perspiration, it is a debatable ques
ton whether or not there is any speca
wickedness in swearing just a little a
google vendors, sewing machine men
book peddlers, insurance agents, anC
drummers and bummers generally
Desperate affections require desperate
remedies. Up at Walden the othe1
day a man took down his old sho
gun and deliberately shot a pedla7
dead This was wrong of course
One called at our house this week
and, we think, nobody on the premi
SEES would mourn, ifhe had a few bucl
shot in him, or dog had a firm hol(
of him under the coat-tail
Growing time-plenty of rain.
George Pratt, youngest son o
Samuel g., died suddenly on Tuesday
of congestion of the lungs. He at
tended the Celebration at Bethel, art
caught cold in some way. Consump
ton was inherent on the materna
side. George was good boy.
We were the recipient of a MIC
basket of strawberries, last week, from
the garden of our friend, Eliphale
Thomas, of West Woodstock, wit
makes a speciality Of cultivating tn
berry. Our first exclamation was, OF
seeing them, to our better half =
"Why, they are as big as potatoes !
Cream and sugar on 'em for tea
Memory loves to dewell on the scene