Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1875-09-08
Woodstock.

Woodstock.
Lots Off Paws here are waiting
for Paws on the 22d.
Elder Hazen will preach at the
Christian Church next Sabbath ct the
usual hours, in the absence OF the
pastor Rev. Mr.. Kiddsr.
Adam Foropaugh will exhibit his
GREAT moral show on the Fair Ground
in this village on the 22d instant.
john Ransom, blacksmith, has
opened barber shop in Ilenry's flat.
iron room adjoining 0, Il. Freeman's
DRUG store. This Lakes four barber
shops in this village, and every man S
turn for shave comes first,
An exchange thinks that it would
be good idea TO have States hung in
the ye,tibules of the churches in that
town, on which the young ladies' could
register their names before entering
for evening services If this plan is
adopted the young men wont have to
wait at the door until church is ont to
see it their charmers are present y
half dozen states if YOU please.
WINDSOR County AGRICULTURAL
SocrErY.-The following Purses are
offered ty the Windsor County Agrl-
cultural Society, to be trotted for at
the next Annual Fair, to be held at
Woodstock, on Tuesday, Wednesday,
and Thursday, Sept. 2Slh, 18th and
3Oth, 1878. Purse No. !, $1,000
$4,000 to 1st, $500 to 2d, $1,000 to
Sd. Open to all four year olds owned
in the County that never beat three
miLutps. Purse No. 2, S75.OO-S3o.-
90 to 1st, $1,000 to 81, $4,000 to 3D.,
$1,000 to 4th. Open to all horses
that never beat 2.55. Purse No. 8,
Sl5OOO-S75.O0 to 1st. $500 to I'd,
&25.OO to Sd, $500 TO 4th. Open to
all horses that never beat 2.3S. Purse
No. 4. $l00.00-$50.O0 to LIST, $50 :
90 to III. $500 to Sd, $40. % to Atm.
Open to all horses that never beat
2.45. Purse No. ), S200.0O-SlOo.-
90 to lst. $4,000 TO I'd, $4,000 to 3D.,
$50. 90 to 4th. Open to all horses.
Conditions All of the above named
trots will be mile heats, best three III
five. to harness, and will be conducted
under the rules OF the National A,so-
citation. Weights omitted. \ horse
distancing the field, or any part oftne
same, will be entitled to first money
ONLY. Entrance fee ten per cent. Of the
purse AID must accompany the noml'
nation. Entries to be made previou,
to 9 o'clock, p. ~. sept oath, 1879,
when the books will be closed. All
entries to be addressed, unier seal. to
Ora Paul, See, Woodstock, VI.
The Dog Star has stepped down
down and ont now for 10, the poor
Indian.
The iron horse is pressing on u'.
lie is now on the Gallup meadow,
less than two miles away, and Will be
here early next week.
When You see = man fighting
first class case of dyspepsia, keep
away from him. He won't make
you happy. All he wants is TO invent
some way that his stomach @ill hold Il
square meal without its tearing him
all to pieces, as if a can Of nitro y
cerine had exploded inside OF him.
He docs not relish eating a dinner and
then wishing he could find a man
who could DIG it out Of him tor fit
teen dollars We would suggest to
such an individual that it is not nee
essarv to DIG the meal out-saw
VOID. ride horseback Or read the local
column Of the AGE every weck--Hnd
you will be able to digest "bled
crow after awhile.
jimmy Haggerty's 'purp,' re,
fcrred to last week, killed ii sheep,
the property of J,C Mckenzie. The
''purp' sleeps well now, and dreams
no more of mutton suppers on the hill
side.
A. NJ. FosTER. Sir The potato
patch that | measured for you this
morning contains thirty rods, close
measured. Well if thirty rods gave
YOU seventy bushels, one acre on the
same ratio would give you a little
more than three hundred and seventy
three bushels (373).
O. II. Mckenzie, Surveyor.
Woodstock, Vt, Sept 4th, 1875.
Mornings are getting to be dis
couraging to the fiji.
Now the cricket chrps, the grass
hopper sings, apples tall inthe orchard