Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1877-08-22
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1t has not rained since Sunday.
This is very remarkable.
Our White River junction cor
respondent has u word TO say to Dr.
Ballou III another column
Those practicing musicians would
confer a layur in certain localities, il
they would not practice all the time.
The Special Term of the Court
of Chancery Tor hearing will be held
on Tuesday the 25th day of Septem,
Der next.
Some half a dozen Of our R4pub-
lcan friends OF this place, went to
Windsor Saturday to see Hayes and
party.
Messrs. Perry u French lost
their valuable stallion, "Woodstock, y
Saturday night, by death, caused, it is
thought, by strain IL discharge OF
duty. He was valued at about $1,000.
Hon. E. 3. Adams of St. Louis,
No, and formerly resident OF Wood
stock, is here visiting friends and ac-
uuaintances. Mr.. Adams has host
of friends here, and all enjoy his visit
The finishing up ofthe new bridge
hangs like too!hache or sore toe.
Somebody ought to be prosecuted tor
leaving the grading of the sidewalk
on the north end in the condition it is.
We give Hon. Daniel Roberts
Centennial Address in another col
umn. You won't have any trouble to
find it. 1t is long but it contains
many things that everybody don't
know.
There viii be \ total eclipse of
the moon tomorrow evening (Thurs.
day. partly visible in Vermont. Mid
die Of eclipse Oh. 2lm., evening"
Last contact with the Shadow 9h.
l9m., evening.
Rev. J. IL Goodell Of Austerlitz,
n. Y, q class. mate of Rev. MIR. Hicks,
ut the Hartford Theological Seminary,
preached a powerful sermon in the
Congregational church last Sunday
morning, as to keeping the Christian
Sabbath more sacredly.
We are thankful that we are not
President this Centennial year, going
to all these shows during fair weather
and foul, through heat and cold, day
time and night, still eye-lid can no
longer wag" II is enough 10 kill a
man, unless he has the constitution OF
the United States.
NO move made about the Park
fence yet. 1t would be as reasonable
in man to sit ON the bank and wait
for the Quechee River to pass away,
as to wait expecting our Village Trus'
tees 10 act in any local improvement.
Where are those corpses that we used
to have for trustees We want them
"set up III Office again.
Our nelghbor Of the Standard
has concise knowledge Of human Ma
,ure. He is continually abusing a
certain gentleman, and then wonders
said gentleman don't grant him ia
vors. Hon. j. Gregory Smith has
money in the Woodstock Railroad to-
day, and yet he is "blackballed' from
week TO week by certain organ.
MONEY LOST lost my purse con
tanning fourteen dollars last Tuesday
evening, Aug. 18th, somewhere be-
tween Samuel Smiths shoe store, and
my house on Billings Hill, on the
road to Pomfret. If the finder will
return it to me or leave it at the AGE
office, / will divide the money with
him or her
Mrs. CARRIE BARRON.
George E. French, of Wood
stock, owned the team, 4 chestnut
horses and carriage, which conveyed
President Hayes and portion OF hi:
family, or cabinet, during the Centen.
NAL. The President was so vel
pleased with the team that he request
ed Mr.. French to buy him span fol
his own private use. - Vermont Gen.
tennial.
Tx President Asa D. Smith O.
Dartmouth College, who has been in
feeble health for some time, died ii
his residence in Hanover, N. H., or
Thursday last. He was born in Am
herst, N. H., Sept. 81, 1904, and grad
uated at Dartmouth in the class o