Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1876-02-16
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gets much advantage OF the other, and
between them they manage to keep
the going ':jest awful"
The entertainment at the Univer
salist church, last Sun day eve, was q
success. Every part being carried
out to perfection. Much credit being
due to their instructor, DR.. BaTows,
for his untiing labors with them the
past winter. They meet again next
Sunday eve at six o'clock.
Our musical people announce 4
concert tomorrow (Tbursday) even
ING, at the Town Hall, rs a benefit fol-
Mrs. G. D. Tukesbury. The pro-
gramme embraces sixteen pieces, i'll
Guiding double quartets, mixed and
male qualtets, duets, songs, a trio fol-
piano, violin and cornet duet fol
piano and flute, piano duet, and or
chestra That it will he a good thing
there can be no doubt as we have rs
much and as good musical talent clay
ing around loose" as any town of oul
size in the State, and it will be all
gathered together on this occasion,
Mrs. II. is an excellent musician her.
self, and has rendered gratuitous ser,
vice on public and private occasions
for long time, and this is betting
testimonial to her talent and labor.
Give her full house. Admission &c
cents
The "apocrypha" OF this place
MS that good old lady Mrs. Partingtor
would say, (meaning the aristocracy,,
has been the subject Of much com
ment here the past week. We have
considerable Of it here every yillage
of any size has it. 1t is a bad dis
ease to have and, reader if you
have got it. take something" for it
We give q few of the symptoms. =
If a person has little money hi
thinks he belongs to the "apocrypha;
if person has erich relations,' he
has an idea that he belongs to THO
"apoQrpyha;" ita person sports \ new
suit Of clothes (no matter whethtl
they are paid for or no,,) aud has shot
into the bull's-eye Of fashion, he thinks
he has u claim on the "apocrypha !
It Il person can drive beligerent cats
from under his window in latin
though he may not be able to tell yo'
what cooks potatoe, he claims rela
tionship to the "apocrpyha;' if per
son scrapps aud scratches and denies
himself of a thousand things neccssar,
to lis private comfort, so that he car
make a "grand flourish" in public
he thinks he is one OF the "apoc
ypha," and looks with contempt Oh
the laboring people if person be
longs TO q popular church, attend
service regularly on the Sabbat
and pays literally, no matter if h
divides the game with the ''heathen
on week days after the manner Of til
white man with his tawny brother =
81 will take the turkey and you ma
have the crow, or you may have tn
crow and | will take the turkey h
too is OF the 'apotrypha.' Peopl
of sense look on and smile, or as tn
poet has it
"a thing for laughter, feers, and jeers
Is American Aristocracy."
The man whose aims are generous
whose truth is constant, and not onl
consistent in its kind, but elevated i
its degree whose want of meannes
makes him simple: who can look tn
world honestly in the face with a
equal respect and 6ympathy for tt
great al d small, this is natures mob
man. While we are at it let us louc
up the church aristocrat a little NOR,
He goes into church, calls on God {
'bless him" and make the world be
ter, and then goes out into it and serv,
the evil one, His bible teaches hil
better, his minister tells him bette
yet he persists in his course to IL
detriment of the cause of Christ, an
the grief of his pastor and brethreI
He bears no "fruit"-God knows h
heart, and so does man--he is an "olea
ter" and this is the way Prof. Bowt
speaks of him "There is counterfe
aIiye.tree in Palestine, 1t is Gale
the wild olive, or oleaster. 1t is in a
points like the genuine tree, cree
that it bears no fruit. Alas, no
many wild olives are there in Il
church. When | see a man taking II
large space in Christ's spiritual orc
ard, and absorbing a vast deal Of SUI
light and soil, and yielding no rel
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