Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1875-07-28
Wzuds0r Co. Meas.

serued by the Carrier. Ifnot paid in dduance
so Genus extra loiN be charged in each case
Office Subscribers same as Mail Subscribers.
Woodstock.
L. A. Miller has published neat
little poem in blank verse-one OF his
best efforts $40 Mr.. Ran
dali of the engine Winooski, on the
Woodstock r. r." 1t is for sale at
the post-otfice at two cents a copy.
-Messrs. Gushing d Abbott have
put up a restaurant at the Quechee
Gulf.
The Band will play in the Park
Friday evening next,
Regular Dog-Day weater--hot,
cold, wet, cioudy--all by turns.
Read the advertisement headed
Singing Books" on the outside of
this paper.
A couple Of young ladies OF the
highest responsibility were chased to
their homes from the street one even
ing last week by couple of insurance
"drummers' from out of town.
What are we coming to Is this the
advent of a railroad to our quiet, NOR
al and beautiful village!
A sharp business chap named Rid
ley mot ROBBERY put in an appearance
here or Monday and 'went' for our
business men 'sartln. His m0du OPP
erandi was this: He proposed to
get up business directory of the
business firms, charging So for each
business card, running down on the
outside of 7x9 sheet, sandwiched
with some local matter, such as notices
of societies, departure OF the mails, etc.
He goes to local printer anG gets
1000 copies printed for about $40,
making a net gain on the job Of some
$40. He does this in Il day and has
little or no outlay. He don't catch
experienced advertisers in this way.
There is nothing to commend the
sheet to public notice, and it finds its
way to the wood-boX and the clubhouse
nearly as soon as it is off the press.
For the same amount of money a man
can have a card in his local paper one
year, giving him circulation Of some
SO, 900 copies, and every week fresh.
Or he can have 1000 bills printed for
himself for 50. The reader can readi-
ly see the mouse in the meal without
any further notice.
Our friend, Hugh Henry, Esq,
of Chester. answering a question of
a legal brother here in regard to the
proposed new newspaper at that place,
drops into poetry as follows /:
Where tho damp woodbine twineth,
In the dark shades Of night,
There went g The Chester Eagle,'
Out from our longing sight.
Pretty good, Hugh, No paper for
Chester yet awhile, And as Lem.
Spooner would say-'It is WE'LL
If we had "Keely Moter," we
would force the Highway Surveyor
of this District to build that Sidewalk
on River Street before fall, and help
him out with other necessary work.
They met-that is, she went to the store,
And made him turn his department DER.
Till he vanished behind his goods, and then
She pleasantly said she would call again.
On the evening Of August 18th,
Jupiter and Venus will approach with
in one degree Of each other, present
ing rare and beautiful spectacle.
The late style of ladies dresses
has given rise to good many jokes
at the expense of the fair sex, but the
following beats anything we have seen
so far:
A young lady of Hawesville, Ky,
pinned her dress back 80 tight she
was obliged to sit sideways in the
street cars, and a very sympathetic
old lady said, "Bile, l spose Tvad-
EN- thar myself :"
That "epitafh" in last weeks
AGE has brought out another local
"artist," and he writes as follows
Here lie |, while my spirit at aise is.
With the tip of me nose,
And the end Of me toes
Turned up to the roots o the daisies"
w. E. Hazen, the popular assist
ant cashier Of the Woodstock Nation
al Bank, has accepted the casniership
of the new national bank at St. Johns
bury. Mr.. Hazen is an exemplary
young man in every way, and the new
bank has made good selection. He
goes on duty about the first of
September.
Mr.. y. NJ. Carter, leader of Car.
ters Band, Boston, Mr.. o. A. Whit
more and Mr.. s. B. Wbitrey, assisted