Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1877-11-14

moonshine, with good bracing air
No snow.
The Poultry Show will come of
Wednesday and Thursday, Dec. 18th
and 18th. Dressed fowls will be one
of the features of the exhibition.
Stewart & Co.'S factory boarding.
house has been converted into tene,
ment house, and three families have
already moved in.
Mrs. Major Churchil's house on
the corner is being newly shinglsd.
Oscar Burk has put another adj
dition on the back side of his barn,
and newly shingled the main building
1t has as many wings now as a fash
ionable church.
Robinson G. Powers monument
in the village cemetery is very hand
some and tasty, and reflects credit on
Mrs. Powers, and the artist, Frank p.
Archibald.
"A Petition is in circulation and is
being numerously signed, asking for
change in the running time of the
morning and evening train, so as to
leave here not earlier than : o'clock
3. M, and return on arrival Of the
midnight trains at White River juno,
ton.
-leouard Pratt, whose misfortune
we mentioned last week, is slowly
recovering.
The Committee are soliciting
subscriptions for the Park fence with
good show of success.
The reading entertainment given
by Mrs. Purple at the Universallst
Church Friday evening is highly
spoken of, ard the attendance was
good.
The editor doesn't always print
all be is asked to in the local column,
nor suppress all that he IS requested
to. 1t wouldn't be much of a paper
if he did.
Governor Fairbanks has appoint
ed Thursday, Nov. Doth, as day to
be observed with Praise and Thanks
giving to the Author Of all good. The
Proclamation opens with this sentence
--"rhe Lord hath done great things
tor us, whereof we are glad"
We wish our correspondents
would learn to distinguish between an
advertisement and news item. W.
charge for advertisements and our col
umns are opeL for them.
Good winter apples are selling
from $3.50 to $500 per barrel In this
market. And they are not inhabited
either.
We are sorry to learn that ou1
fellow citizen, Lester A. Miller, is ii
very low state of health. He has
been c great sufferer for more than s
year first, nervous prostration, an;
confinement, then, loss Of eye-sight
and now, his stomach is so weak anC
is so much reduced physically, that he
can only take little Of the fluids toI
nourishment, yet he has borne cheer
full spirit all the time and is patiently
waiting for the dip of the boatman'
oar TO terry him to the land of light
ard love, and health. and peace.
One of our colored fellow citizenl
was asked the other day if he was 90
ing to attend the poultry show. 4
pleasant smile crossed his face as thu
word "poultry' was spoken, but dice
away IN a moment as the stern reality
confronted him. "Dere'll be heap
o chickens dere, wont dey? An(
you want me to 60 ders and stan
round and gaze on dose chicken:
which can't conveniently come out G
the cages, do you? No, sab. know
jess how I'd feel, sah." He was tol(
there would be dressed poultry hang
ing up around. As the words "dress
ed and changing up around" stlucl
the tympan of his ear, the smile re
turned, and he said he'd go.
See advertisement of the reduc-
ton in price of the Boston Statesman
and Weskly Post, and the Boston
Press and Post, (the last named pape
is issued twice a week.) They are ex
cellent papers and should have larg
circulation in this vicinity. MIR. d
A. White is getting up club-giv
him your name and money.
-Butternuts were never SO chea]
IN this ssction-only Is cts per bush
el.