Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1877-09-05

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Monday.
The School-houSe on River Street
needs painting.
Get ready to knock the moths
out Of your winter clothing
Read Billings new "ad." in an.
other column.
Everything about the factory,
grist-miIl and saw-mill is as dead as q
ten-penny nail.
When man is making love to a
widow he always feels as if he bad to
begin where the other fellow left off.
Prof. Straw has lit QUIT was
getting acarm for him here. He will
visit the seaside, probably.
Henry Gushing has taken some
splendid views of the new iron bridge.
Gushing can take the best pictures of
any man in America.
We trust that the Park fence pro-
ject will not die out. Wenoticed COWS
feeding in it one morning this week,
and the fence down in many places.
w. A. Harvey lost his pocket
book containing 1927 in the Cox
neighborhood Tuesday, and E. W
Taft found it and returned it. Lucky
for Harvey.
Efforts should be made to have
all children attend school. Our peo-
pie pay heavy school tax, and the
rising generation should be made to
have the benefit of it.
The last few days have been de-
cidedly cool, and fires and heavy
clothing were in good demand. re.
day (W ednesday) is warmer, with Il
prospect OF "spell" of good weather.
Excursions are the order OF the
day. One takes place Friday to New.
port, Vt.,-ta,e from the Junction 50,
and return. Also one over the Cent,
raj r. r. to Montreal, Sept. 9TH, 9TH,
9th, 18th and Sth-fare S., and return.
The Rutland Daily Herald and
Globe, is the best daily paper in Yer
mont and the only one in this section
of the State, and it should receive a
liberal support. 1t is good size, well
edited, and contains the latest news of
the day.
&C. Robinson Powers was SO
years of age, Instead of SO, as we had
it in the local column last week 1870
He willed his property--some
twenty thousand dolllrs--which fell
to him some time ago from his broth
er Thomas E to his wife. 1t is ru-
mo.ed that efforts will be made by his
relatives to break the will.
The Rutland Globe sunk some
thing like $4,000 IN four years.-Ex.
The Globe was lively, well edited,
and by far the most oreditable daily
paper in the State. We will venture
to bet a small sum that there are not
ten papers in Vermont to day that
are making anything.
MIR. Alvin Adams, founder of the
Adams Express Company, died at his
residence in Walertown, Mass, at 10
o'clock Saturday evening, at the age
OTIS years. The Boston papers say
he was born in Woodstock, VT, in
1904. We don't know how this is, but
he was the protegee in early lite Of the
late Robert Barker, The old-time land
lord and stage owner of this place.
AT arriving at his majority Mr. Ad-
ans went to Boston and engaged in
the express business between that city
and New York, which grew to be
colossal in few years, and Mr.. Adj
ans found himself suddenly rich. lie
never forgot his Old friend Barker.
"A couple Of youths from Bethel,
slightly "elevated," spun round our
streets IN a gay livery team Sunday
evening, and finally ran into another
team on the common there was a
crash-buggy smashed, two young
men kissing the dust, horse secured by
a party near at hand. The next
day they started for Bethel with the
remains OF the buggy in a lumber
wagon, sader if not wiser boys than
when they left home.
Our bellies and beaux who ride out
in the country should be careful how
they glggle and laugh, sncer and jeer