Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1874-07-09
Woodstock.
WOODSTOCK RAILROAD.
SPECIAL. MEETING.

to meet at the Town Hall, in Wood
stock, on Monday, July goth, at three
o'clock p. NJ, to consider and act up
on estimates of cost Of completing said
road and to give such directions to the
Directors for the prosecution OF the
work for the construction Of said road
as may be approved by them.
by order Of the Directors.
LUTHER O. GREENE, Clerk.
Woodstock, July 7, 1874.
Hon. Prosper Merrill is moving
the w. r. r. bed, and good crop
is reported. Stockholders in said
road want to know if he will "divy."
The Fourth passed in about the
usual way here. Several boys formed
themselves into military company OF
"horribles' which, we believe gave
general SaJiSltCtlOH - DeCtuot ~ vi"
not cost 0nWhiny. There were some
twenty-five or thirty Of them in
masks and clothed in the worst kind
of old buds. They had martial music
very good-a Major General for
Captain, who would sing out for lett
or right wheel-"Forward March )" in
fact it was all forward march" with
him. He ignored Hardy's Tactics
entirely. He was on the rear end OF
"crow bait" tanning himself with
one claw of his coat tail when we saw
him. They had an orator, seated in
two-wheeled vehicle-the worst of its
kind-drawn by another "crow bait
done up in rags, The orator made a
speech before the hotel to which half
million of people listened with
abated breath. the gist of which was
that DR.. Thomas e. Powers and H
s. Hutchinson, Esq, and some others
were the "Pilgrim Fathers" We don't
believe this. The boys did well, and
they are entitled to credit for their
Celebration, and the amusement
it afforded the general public
The celebration opened about - o.
clock on the night of the Sd, with
the usual firing, to which was added
the ringing of bells, by a device hitch
ed to the bells and drawn over the
roofs of churches, &c. Old Fogies
did not sleep much. This was very
naughty in the boys. We can for
give them-we used 10 be engaged in
similar operations twenty years ago.
All ! how time goes by The usual
amount of neutrality-suspicious. little
more-was about equally distributed,
and all who partook wore smile that
was ''child-like and bland 1t
wasn't the fighting kind all were
happy, even if they did not find their
usual place of repose when the day
was done.
1t is about the season Of the year
that the average American youth
stands on the sunny side of the barn
to dry bis hair before he goes in to
tell the sold lady" that he hasn't
been in swimming.
After looking over the situation
we are opposed to the building of els
terms by the village. We 60 for the
good Of the greatest number. The
cisterns as proposed, only benefit few
at the expense Of the many. Even
the proposed benefit to the few is
questionable. If the village is going
into this cistern business, every man
should have one in his front yard
Despite the fear of being called a
"corpse,' we shall vote to rescind the
action of a former meeting, at meet.
ing warned for Monday evening the
ID inst.
"A general survey of the Wood
stock Railroad is being taken with
view of ascertaining the cost Of com
pletion. Prof. Doton of Woodstock
and Prof. Thompson of the Pass ump-
sic r. r., together with other eminent
men, are engaged in the work and we
will have the figures in few days.
In the meantime you subscribe for the
bonds.
We shall commence the publica-
ton of an original story, by Geo. w.
Slayton, talented author, of this vii
lage, next week, which will be CON
tinued in several numbers of this pa
per. 1t is entitled erred Raymond"
Don't borrow or steal the paper-sub-
scribe.
The enemy of man, the house fly,
will be reinforced by all his cousins,
aunts, uncles, &c, in few days, and