Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1877-12-05
Poultry is abundant and cheap.

Soultry Is apuHut'hI ahu one"P'
AS we go to pyess warm rain
storm is in progress.
The attendants upon the opening Of
our County Court here Tuesday morn
ing had the qualification of hearing an
interesting and appropriate prayer
from the venerable JASPER HAzEN
of this town. Rev. Mr.. Hazen is now
eighty seven years of age-venerable
in years, beloved and respected by al
who know him. No better three
dollar prayer is ever heard from any
of our clergy, on the opening day Of
Court, than the one 50 feelingly OF
tered up by Elder Hazen on this oc
casion. We say "three dollar prayer,
because that has been fixed upon as
the market value of a Court House
prayer-and sometimes they are high
at that fgure-but this one was worth
the money paid for it.
Woodstock is still ahead on pork
ers. We saw one in Mr.. Richmond'<
market Wednesday, raised by Mr.
George Vaughan, that lacked two days
Of beng eight months old when killed
that weighed 425 pounds.
We hope our Barnard and Royaltor
base ball friends will be satisfied now
that we have given both sides hear
ing.
We would call the attention of the
reader to the prospectus of the Ne"
York World in another column. The
World is ably edited, contains vast
amount of matter, is thoroughly demo
cratic, and is sold at bottom prices
Only 81 Tor the weekly.
Marriages and deaths have bee.
numerous in this section the past
week.
Thanksgiving Day opered warm
and rainy, in the evening about two
inches of snow fell, which remains or
the hills yet; Sunday morning the
thermometer sunk to zero Monday
was cool Tuesday warm weather SCI
in again which is very agreeable &c
all, except poultry dealers.
The Witherell Brothers gave a
very fair variety show at the town
hall Thanksgiving eve. There being
no stage (hry refusing to hire 1t Of
The janitor at an exorbltant pnce), the
company could not appear as it other
wise would. The janitor had hi
hands full in trying to keep "whit'
man and color from standing on thu
seats, and the boys would holloa a
him, "Stage!" "Put him out, etc HI
undertook to Take one boy off, ant
said boy laid him gently under thu
seat, and then it was that the boy
yelled out the Latin phrase, $500 l
tn 'im," but the boy didn't. lie lie
him up gently, and took his stand OF
the seat as before. Eben didn't try Il
keep them down any longer. HI
makes good janitor, and we don
blame him for getting all he can 70
bis stage, but there is no sense in tn
managers of the hail allowing him tt
charge Sc an evening tor $25 stage
The town should purchase the stag'
of Mr.. Fletcher and rent it at fai
price with the hall This stage bust
ness has created considerable hare
feelings at one time AID another, ant
the nuisance should be abated at once
DR.. Ballou favors the readers o
the AGE with his views on the doc
trine taught by the Advent,sts in an
other column.
Woman always was a SIREN
Even the FIVE foolish virgins of Scrip
ture, whose lamps went out, did tbei
best to beg lie.
Something like 100 witnesses o.
rum cases from Ludlow are expected
over here every day. They will be a
dry as dust. What will they do in
temperance place like this!
Gen. Lemuel Spooner of Bar
nard is dead.
The Forest Dramatic Associs
ton Of this village will give wv
entertainments at the Town Hall FIR
day and Saturday evenings of tbi
week, consisting of the three &C
comedy "Everybody's Friend an
"The Loan of Lover" Music
Murdock's Orchestra. Admission 2
cents children Is cents. Door