Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1874-11-18
10 G Al N Il W S.

one Dollar and Fifty Cents a year to Mail
Subscribers, and $1,75 TO Village Subscribers
serped by the Carrier. Ifnot paid In ddpance
50 cenEs extra aciA be charged in each case
Office Subscribers same as Mail Subscribers
The Age aciN be sent to any address
from date until january lst, 1876, up
on receipt Of $3.50.
Woodstock.
The village schools close Fri
day of this week,
Thanksgiving the Goth inst. So
says President Grant and Governor
Peck. Take big rations and rover
ence the memory Of the Pilgrim Faith
ers.
The weather is charming. We
write this with the windows open, and
the sun shining bright The ground
is very dry and cisterns and wells are
low. Last week we had a cold spell,
and the Quechee was frozen clear
across in many places, but this was
owing to the feebleness of the cur
rent.
-"Al." Hazard, who stole that
suit of clothes from Mr.. Damons
Shop is out again, the bail having
been cut down from $500 to 800.
No white man could do this. Well
the negro was always priviledged
individual here. The brother who
stole the revolver and shirt is still
seeking pastures green How he
lost his ear may not be known by all
our readers. 1t was in this way -
many years ago they were experiment.
ing with an old fowling piece to see if
the lock would snap a cap, and as the
case seemed doubtful one of them fin
ally clapped his ear to the muzzle to
see if he could hear the cap while the
other worked the lock. He heard it,
but he never did know just where that
ear of his went to.
Henry T, Marsh and Eugene V.
Smith, have dissolved partnership,
Mr.. Smith taking the inside and Mr..
Marsh the outside. The shop has
recently been improved, the machinery
removed to the first floor, new stairs
put up, &c, &c, and Mr. Smith is
better prepared than ever to serve the
.public with all kinds of work. Give
him a call. Doors, sash and blinds
speciality.
Mr. Randlett of the firm of Ran
dlett & Myres, owing to i'll health
is compelled to retire. Mr. Myres,
will continue the business. Mr.. Ran
delett, during his short stay here, has
won the esteem of the citizens, and all
regret the step he is compelled to
take. He returns to New Hampshire,
in few days.
Mr. Chas. Blossom, is fitting up
the rooms under the Standard office
with the view of opening bran new
meat market Go it. Competition is
not o bad thing-for the customer, at
least.
-"That Comical Brown" gave one
of his unique entertainments at the
Town Hall Tuesday evening, to a full
house. 1t wasn't so full as to crowd
out a shadow, but it would been had it
not rained. Mr.. Brown is the great
est comical genius in America, and he
is supported by large corps Of &C
tors and musicians, They made the
tears of mirth flow freely during the
evening. Ifyou can scrape IS cents
together, and you have a chance to
hear them, in will be money well laid
out.
See Billings new lads in anoth-
er column.
Elder Hazen and wife present
thanks to their friends for their pre-
senoe. congratulations and presents on
the evening preceding the sixty-frst
anniversary of their wedding day
which occurred Nov, 18th, 1918. The
celebration at the house of Rev Mr..
Kidder afforded them a very pleasant
interview with numerous friends and
they acknowledge the reception of
$40 from their kindness, as a donation
for which they wonld express their
gratitude, and would humbly pray that
we all may be prepared for the cele-
bration of the marriage supper of the
Lamb.
Dix Wheeler Of this village had
his farm, buildings, tools, furniture,
and some stock, located in Plymouth,
destroyed by fire Saturday evening
The fire, it is thought, caught from
sparks from fire built for butchering