Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1874-08-20
Letter from Rutland.

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happiness, it is especially so in sultry
weather and during a stringency in
the beverage market. In vain have
l sought to obtain bread by the sweat
of other mems brows. They perspire
not for me. The footprints of Time
have so tracked my visage and dilapi-
dated my form that it would be easier
for camel TO dance Fishers Horn
pipe than for me to obtain a patri-
mony from father-in-law. Gushing
youth has long since deserted me and
| no longer attempt to weave TO-
nance, I have tried that Chester young
mans dodge, who did an act of COM
mon courtesy for poor forlorn wo-
man some 40 years ago and was re-
warded recently with a check for
$40, 900 in consideration for said court
csy. performed my courtesy a few
days since and dated it back 80 years
besides making a little memorandum
under the entry to the effect that L
would discount 10 per cent if the old
critter would demise and bequeath
within 80 days. have also looked
over every small boy who passed my
window hoping to discover Charlie
Ross of Philadelphia, that might OBJ
tain the heavey reward offered for his
apprehension, all this, friend McAlas-
ter, that / might have more time to
write all occasional "squib' to the
AGE without mixing meditations on
pinching want with my otherwise
severe thoughts. Rutland furnishes
material for good substantial letter
every week, there is news enough I;
all that is wanting is well qualified
active newspaper sexton to gather
them in and spin them out according
to their value. Disregarding exact
dates, l retrospect briefly as follows:
Rev Norman Seaver, d. d., OF
Brooklyn, preached in the Congrega
tional Church last Sunday, and he
preached to, he did, the uniformly
exquisite music Of this Church was
surpassed on this occasion and with
such companionship ofthe little Amer
lean house fly, slumber was out OF
the question. On Friday and Satur-
day evenings Rosarios Complications
OF Combination, gave performances
at the Opera House to a very thin all
diences. The show was good enough
of its kind, but these mixed affairs are
not sufficiently taking here to admit
of such high tariff of prices, viz.
35, 50 and Is cents. The seventy
five cent people were dreadful lone
some.
One morning last week, the daily
papers announced a house breaking
operation on Elm Street. 1t was
fanny. Folks don't see through it
1t seems that one Mr.. Botany Carpet
(the name given is fictitious but at the
sametime has an honest derivation
had occasion to be absent from his
home sometime during the Silly
night, that is, he was soft in the still
ly night" upon returning to renew
his quite slumbers which he felt were
stealing DER him, he missed his "calf
skin,' containing seven even dollars
and his address. AS that same calf.
skin, seven dollars and address were
picked up on the floor of the burglari
zed mansion, somebody was suspected
Of being suspicious, as it were, some
thing must be done to quench the
growing thirst for knowledge or this
community must parch and shrivel
with dying curiosity. Botany Car
pet hit upon an expedient. He made
that burglar do two jobs that night
Plumber himself and then go to Elm
Street and deposit the rakings. Bo'
tany Carpet, your ruse was just as
good as the circumstances would ad
NIT, but it bears the impress Of hav-
ing been squeezed between improba'
bilities until it is as thin as the hair
on a Boston Bank Presidents pate.
1t will be necessary to compound
some other dose before this commune
ty shall see fit to accept your prescrip.
tions in confidence.
There are other than war veterans
in this world, Centre Street, can show
Won a squad that have withstood the
shock of Warrants, defed the assaults
of prohibitcry foes, held out in selge
until reduced to a cream pitcher Of
weiskey for an army of thirsty Threats
and destroyed more canteen rations to
| Dravont Uivino comfort TO the eoemv.