Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1874-02-26
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WOOuStOCA.
Prof Parker of Hanover will
speak at the Congregational Church
next Sunday, March 1st. Services at
the usual hour.
The weather is fine and spring
like. No sleighing-snow pretty
thin on the hills.
-Bumblebee g. Cartons fortified
ton holds out yet, and we believe Mr.
TAYLOR has countermanded his order
We are glad Of this. The Republi
can party's "wards" have enjoyed many
"happy" re-unions-told ore their adj
ventures by field and tlood-over q
pint of Pink's "best" in the Elm street
Grocery, and it would be wicked TIC
close it on them.
AT the last Term of the County
Court here, several tough cases
were summoned from Norwich to tell
what they knew about rum. All of
them, as a matter of course, were as
innocent as babes about the immoral
practice of drinking over there. One
of them coming out of the Court
House met States Attorney Johnson,
had some conversation with him.
Mr.. Johnson Intercepted him thusly z:
"Norwich is hard place, is it not
The Norwegian frightened up and
exclaimed-"Yes, sir, it is, and it ought
to be cleaned out too !"
Mrs. Nellie J. Kenyon will speak
at Written Hall on Sunday next,
March LIST, at the usual time ofservice,
- As there is no liquor sold in this
village, Except by the Agent for
medicine) there must be night school
where Latin is taught. AT least we
judge so, as we saw crowd the other
evening who had got as far as Ollie"
Rev. A. B. Dascomb preached
his farewell sermon at the Congrega-
tional Church last Sunday. He goes
to Winchester, Mass, on Salary Of
$4,000 year. Mr.. Dascomb was
highly esteemed as pastor and citi-
zen, and his departure is regretted by
all classes of society.
AT the County Temperance Con-
vention here last week, Daniel A.
Weston of Chester was nominated for
County Commissioner.
WIN. Pierce, son of the late
Dea. Pierce of this town, was killed
in his mill at Claremont on Thursday
of last week, by his clothes getting
caught in the betting and whirling
him over the shafting.
Mr. Fred G. Ainsworth formely
student in the office of Drs. Richmond
& Sherwln, who graduated recently
and received the degree of I'M. d. at
the University of the City of New
York, carried off the two highest prizes
contested for; the "Budd Price, and
the Loomis Prize" consisting Of cases
of surgical instruments valued at 1925.
WHrrMoRE & CLARKs Minstrel
Troupe will entertain the people of
this burgh with one Of their unique
Concerts at the Town Hall in this
place, Tuesday evening, March 3D.
The simple announcement is enough to
draw a crowded house.
dollars that belong III this office,
come home, we want you.
Town Meeting is close at hand.
We have one suggestion to make, that
is, that three Road Commissioners be
elected in room of the old practice of
highway surveyors, that it shall be
the duty of said Commissioners to en-
ploy good man in each district to
mend the ''public ways" and hire such
help as he would to work on his farm.
In this way the work will be done
well, and cheap, and in season. This
has been in practice in Massachusetts
for few years, and we are assured
that it works we'll Ludlow adopted
it last year, and saved some $1,000
by the operation. This town ought
to save something, and we think she
can make beginning with this partic-
ular branch Of her "public works,
for it has been conducted very loosely
under the old regime We would
like to write more on this subject, but
we have not the time to spare, and
leave it for our orators to discuss at
the meeting next Tuesday.
We shall give numerous sketch
entitled, how Changers are inflated,
next week.
"A snow storm is in progress as
we 60 to press, and all hands rejoice.