Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1875-02-10
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Woodstock.
Lent begins today.
The Lecture tomorrow evening
Ancient Egypt by Bayard Taylor Will
of course, draw a full house. Bayard
is popular as an orator and writer.
We made a visit to our friend
Gen Lyman Mover, one day last
week, found him pretty well, physic-
ally, and mentally, clear, as
usual. The General is not quite so
smart on his feet as he was in 1925,
when he and Gov. Van Ness escorted
Gen Lafayette through this section
on his way to Montpelier, buthe retains
his youth to remarkable degree. He
is in his s7th year. Mrs. Aikens, his
housekeeper, takes excellent care OF
him. Long may he wave as type
ola generation now nearly gathered
home.
February came in like a lamb,
but for the past week it has been
"cutting up like the --. The
thaw spoken of last week took cold
before our papers were mailed, but it
did a world of good in filling cisterns,
barrels and things. Since then it has
been cold enough to freeze Lapland,
er, and thermometers are Of no &C
count.
Our apprentice Charles Moore,
son of Alonzo &. Moore OF Barnard,
will be fifteen years old next Tuesday.
May the day be celebrated in due
manner. Fair be the morn Of that
anniversary, and may the bright sun,
like tn. sun Of Austerlitz, shine upon
him during his continuance and peri
CARNATIONS on this mundane sphere.
"A middle.man herea farmer
too-undertook to play Granger lately
and got badly mixed up. He wanted
81 rods of lead-pipe, and found he
could save Il cent on a pound 10y
ordering it from Boston instead OF
purchasing at home. He telegraphed
to have it sent by express, but by
some slip or other which was traced
to the principal actor, it read $40 rods
in Boston, and as this amount could
not be sent by express, it was forth
with shipped by freight. He cut off
his 81 rods at the Depot and returned
the rest. 1t don't take much figuring
to see how much he made.
This is the season of the year
when careless persons dump hot ashes
into barnes and wonder how the fire
originated.
New ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Bargains in Dry Goods at j. b. Jones.
$4,000 worth of clothing at John
S. Eaton's for S4oO.Oo.-Special No.
tice.-Thousands Saved.
The channels of news as well as
of water have dried mp this cold wealth
er.
Secret Societies arc numerous
here, and Societies that are not secret
are numerous. All can be suited.
The Windsor County Temper
ance folks will hold q Convention at
the Town Hall on Tuesday, Feb. 10th,
at Ii o'clock A. NJ, to choose officers
for the year ensuing, nominate = Coun,
ty Commissioner, &c
1t is quite sickly here and Doc
tors are blowing about night and day.
Five women lay dead in town last
Saturday.
Mr.. Boyce informs, US that up to
last Saturday, there was no body IN
the tomb-something very unusual so
late in the winter. Now there are
five in it.
&C. r. Montague has completed a
census OF the village, in accordance with
a statute, providing for such, and re-
ports as follows Heads of families,
367 number with children under 20,
100 number of children under 5,
50; between s and 10, 100; between
10 and Is, 95.; between Ii and 20,
l07 ; total under 20, 1884, The
school district does not include the
whole village.
-" Take heed lest We fall, is a
wise INDUCTION at this time. The
papers are full of accounts of broken
limbs, and in some cases deaths, from
falls on the ice
-Runey Lamb, venerable citizen
is quite sick. Mr.. and Mrs. f. Z.
Gates have been Frustrated with ty-