Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1874-12-09
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Woodstock.
Mrs. VIM. Clark fell on the ice
Sunday and dislocated her wrist.
The "boys' on the railroad at
Shallies Hill had bit of a fight the
other day-bases of heads were wreck
ed, teeth loosened, faces peeled, &c,
&c. They got some T into them, and
a government derrick could not re-
move it, so it took time TO have it
work off through the pores aud mus,
cles but it was dangerous for man
who had not imbibed to be around for
fear of explosion. Mr.. Thompson,
the contractor, was sent for and he
partly relieved the garrison (shanty)
by dischargipg some of the "boys."
They felt bad, the tears rolled down
their honest faces--they were pictures
of distress--just because they were
compelled to stop in the middle Of
their sport" Of breaking heads.
This is the season of the year
when murderous man clothed in
dirty coat and bloody overalls, with
knife in hand, sails out after little pig
gy, and drags him forth from his COM
Portable quarters. In day or two
the owner calls at the shop for him,
and he is taken home and sailed down
for family use.
The third lecture of the course
will be delivered at the Town Hall,
Friday evening next, by James T.
Fields, LII. D., of Boston. Subject
"Fiction and its Eminent Authors"
Admission so cents.
The Montpelier Argus Dc Palr,-
OF says that two colored citizens, Bill
Wentworth and Copper" Pratt, got
into fight here the other day. This
is tough on cooper" who has white
skin, and that Is about all, in common
with white folks.
The weather is mild-very-for
the season, and sleighing is "thin."
"A. G. Brown wishes us to say
that those stove shelves have arrived.
The shelf is a useful thing and no
stove is complete without it. Go and
get one in season and the lady of the
house will return sincere thanks.
The Transit of Venus passed
quietly here last Tuesday. We
wont be narrowing our brain for local
items when it comes around again.
Dealers are getting in their
Christmas stocks.
"A girl was indignant the other
day, because she was out with clean
stockings and handsome garters, and
the wind wouldn't blow.
MIR. Norman Dutton had his
pocket book containing $3.50 in money,
some notes, papers, ETC., stolen last
Thursday evening, from his coat pock-
ct, which hung in back room in his
saloon. The thief had better eds
gorge" or he will 60 to Windsor.
Read F. N. Billings advertise.
ment in another column. Mr.. B. has
lots of things for the holidays, cheap.
GREAT NORTHERN OUrRAGE.-Wm.
Hazard, the one-eared niger, was
captured, last week, by Ku-Klux,
VIM. r. Hewitt, constable, and S.
Simpson, sheriff OF the county, for
stealing an old shirt. This was an
outrage upon African liberty. He
was skelpia for freedom when he was
fired upon by these two villiauous-
looking men, brought to time, ironed
and cast into prison. What great
political effect this item would
have on the Northern mind, had it
appeared in a Southern Republican
paper previous to an important cleo
ton. "You bet u
John E. Watt, will attend some
more gatherings of the Democracy,
before he 'goes over the river. -
We are glad to learn this fact.
Charley Brown, of the firm OF
"Brown Brothers," Lebanon, N. H.,
was in town this week visiting his
numerous friends, with his BRIDE
He looked as happy as when we
"were boys together
The Congregational Society will
have sermonizing at the usual time in
the forenoon and evening, Sabbaths,
until further notice.
The N. Y. WORLD, the leading
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