Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1875-05-12
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Woodstock.
The weather is cool, and, conse-
quently, the season is backward.
The praise meeting Sunday even
ing was a success. The house was
crowded.
Mrs. Keith, dressmaker, has re-
turned to her rooms in the Standard
Block.
The two Billiard rooms have con-
solidated. Swan goes out and Fur
man goes in.
The spell at the Town Hall came
off on Thursday evening according
to the programme, with the exception
of L. O. Greene in room of Mr.. Dana,
who could not attend Claiming
Williams was the first down, and the
enunciator, after few felicitous re-
marks, presented him with nice set
of alphabet blocks, which excited the
risibles of the crowd. Mr. Flint q
walking lexicon from old Dartmouth,
and who has been on the "spelling
circuit" for some time, took the first
prize, $40 Miss Lucy Fairbanks Of
Woodstock the second, So; Miss
Nellie Tinkham Of Quechee the third,
So, and Ed. S. Munger of Woodstock
the fourth, 81. The following are the
words as taken by our reporter,
Charles E. H. Moore, and if your
larynx will hold out to pronounce
them, and you like it, you can turn to
the first page of this paper, last COL
umm, where you will find some moro
that will please you.
Mr.. Claiming Williams, Dissolute,
Dis-o-lute; Miss Bragg, of Quechee,
Liable, Lier-ble; Charles Montague,
Puissant, Puts, sent; Will Taylor,
Allknowing, Al-know-ing Edward
Marble, Colloquy, Col.o-quy Charles
Chapman, Trechery, Treach-ary
Royal Abbott, Fruition, Fru-is-ion
Mrs. Pinney, Vertigo, Ver-te-go
James Dickson, Emollient, Emol-
lent Miss Mary Wills, Siphon, CT
phon Charles French, Synonymous,
Synonymous Ned. Dana, Collegiate
Collie geate Thomas Middleton, Ho-
rel, Ho-ral Charles Marsh, Venous,
Venus Miss Jennie Richmond,
Traceable, Trac-a-ble; Ed. Abbott,
Herpetology, Her-pi-tol-ogy; Robert
Ennis, 1chthyology, technology; Mrs
Aikens, Bateau, Bat-teaux William
Campbell, Belvidere, Bel-ve-dere DR..
Chandler, Connoiseur, Con ni-seur !;
Edward Munger, Corypheus, Cora
pheus Miss Nellie Tinkham, Deci-
dence, Des-idence Miss Lucy Fair
banks, gelable, Jel-lible; Will Da-
mon, Amorphous, Amor fose Miss
Nellie Fleming, Chicane, Chi.kane
Charles Campbell, Cartouch, Car
touche Mrs. Geo. w. Slayton,
Caoutchouc, Cochute. The following
are the words that we did not catch |
the names of the spoilers : Abundant,
A-bun-dent ; Intermit, In-ter-mlte
Uneasy, Uneasy; Carnelian, Car-ne-
lien; TYPOGRAPHY, scy-lo-gra-phy
Pharmacology, Phar ma chol.o-gy
Acoustic, Ac cous-tic; Appall, APP
poll Archipelago, Arch-o. pel-ago
Bdellium, Del lium Birthstone, Bur-
stone Cicatrice, Cic-a-trise.
Mrs. Fred Whitcomb, and Miss
Bass of West Randolph, have bought
out Mrs. Wares stock of ladies furn
ishing goods, and will continue the
business at the old stand.
Town meeting next Saturday
at 2P. M
This Is the time of year when
piscatorians shoulder their fishing
rods and baskets and start for the
brooks and catch-"a dab bad code in
in the heade."
There will be another spell at
The Town Hall, Friday evening, May
2lst. Glasses will be selected from
the High, Grammer and Intermediate
Schools, and the best speller in each
class will receive a handsome present.
After which there will be "promis-
,ous" spell in which all who wish can
participate. About S25, will be Civ
en- in prizes. Committee, DR.. Sher-
win, DIR. Jewett and William Hazen.
Some of tho students of old Dart
mouth have been sent over here for
30 days to reform That's a rich
''goke.'