Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1877-07-25
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Woodstock, $40 2'oz A'oA
#Trains ) and q will run Sunday morning
nly j. G.. PORTER, Supt.
The past week has been favorable
for haymakers-no rain for wonder
-Dog-days begin to-day (Nednes-
day. They have been dOggy enough
for a week.
Big weather, this. Corn can be
heard to grow all through the sGllly
night.
Green apples will soon be in the
market. Only cent piece-grlpes
free. Won't the doctors be happy
Mrs. Eastman has got her house
on River street in ship-shape Capt,
L. w. Wilson made q handsome job
of the woodwork.
The season of later fruits has
come, when the charming young lady
YOU meet smiles with a suspicion OF
blueberries on her lips.
Woodstock has sent several
representatives to Europe lately
Mrs. C. P. Marsh left town this
week for tour on the Continent.
Capt. Ora Paul will command
a battalion of Windsor County boys
at the Bennington Centennial. It's
said the Woodstock company Is full.
The Hayes boy, spoken of last
week, is still in durance vile. What
the authorities are holding him for is
not clear even to the heads he punch
ed.
If the times continue, and rich
men hug their purse strings. bread
riots may not be strangers to us even
in rural Vermont before another
spring.
Stewart & Co.'S woollen factory
has entirely shut down on work. The
prospect OF revival of business the
coming Fall and Winter is not very
t1attering.
The new bridge is a great con-
yenience to those young gentlemen Of
the south part Of the village who do
late counting on the tlowery banks
north of the Quechee.
Splendid moonlight nights. Take
your Gal out and enjoy the beauties of
nature-the season of youths and
beauty is short you know. You
ought to make the best of it while
it lasts.
Several of our city cousins, and
others, have been in town the past
week, and speak highly of our town,
scenery, hospitality, etc. Woodstock
as a summer resort for tourists has no
equal in the State.
$. Harrington, shoemaker, in
Pryor's shoe shop, cut an ugly cash
in the ''calf' of his thumb Tuesday
morning while shaving a piece OF
leather. DR.. Richmond dressed the
wound, and it is doing well.
Willie Stearns, who when boy
used to be on the staff of the AGE,
gave US call Monday. Willie has
grown to mans estate, and is connect
ed with one of the largest business
houses in Chicago. He has beer
successful, and he deserved it.
Lewis Rogers, long time clerk al
the Eagle Hotel for MIR. Fairbanks
has purchased all interest with Jerome
Taylor in his provision West India
goods business. The new firm will
be Taylor & Rogers. They are two
smart, enterprising young men, and nc
doubt will push things. Success t'
them.
The riots the past week on some
of the leading railroads of the coun
try show that the laboring classes o
this country are in a bad way. Th'
aim of our government since the Re
publ can party came into power is t.
build up and foster large corporations
at the expense OF the working NELL
the bone and sinew of the country
and this is the result. Riots will no
accomplish the desired relief, but tn
ballot can and will in time.
We fatter ourselves that we arr
publishing good local paper, and w
hope our friends will interest them
selves in increasing its circulation
Much money is wasted in politica
campaigns, that if judiciously used il
circulating papers of sound politica
views among the people, would pre-
duce far more effective results whel