Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1877-04-04
Woodstock.

April is favorable to sugar ma.
king. The how Of sap on Saturday
was enormous"
There will be a Christian Union
Prayer aud Conference meeting at L.
Gillinghams next Sunday evening, to
commence at six o'clock with general
invitation.
Sheriff Stinlson sent us one o.
qis mourning cards to the execution Of
Phair at Windsor Friday. Not any
tor us. We passed it over to re-
potter.
Mr.. Pratt the retiring Postmaster
carries with him the good wishes or
the patrons OF the Office, and had he
applied for it again we believe he
would have got it--he certainly would
if Mr.. Hayes paid any regard to the
Civil Service plank in the party plat
form. But he has had it eight years
and did not wish for it longer as there
was going to be some local strife for
it, We will assert, and we think we
know, that there are few Postmasters
in the country that gave better salts
faction to the Department and the
people than Lewis Pratt.
Mr.. and Mrs. Robin put IN an APP
pearauce on Monday, and gladdened
us with songs of spring.
The Swiss Cottage" is to be the
new Spring bonnet,
Mr.. William Boyce showed us a
looking glass the other day that is
a curiosity and has history. 1t is a
1Oxl5 glass, with lumber enough in
the frame for small raft. The We
neering of the frame is thick. rough,
badly jolnted. and painted red. The
glass is excellent. 1t was the prop.
erty of the late Rev. Benz. Shaw, and
was sold at auction few years slnce,
Mr.. Ruben Daniels being the purchas-
err who refused to part with it for any
small sum. on account of its great
antiquity. Mr.. Boyce purchased it
for 1925 of the administrators OF Mr..
Daniels estate the other day, it being
originally his grandmolher's, and
wishing opreserve it as an heirloom
in the family. On the back of the
glass is wrltten-'Bought in Salem,
Mass, by Benjamin Zealand for
Catherine, his daughter, in l742. -
Catherine married David Boyce. e.
while many fair tace-(and homely
one too) have gazed in it with ad,
miration, and passed on, the glass,
through all the shifting scenes of those
years, has come down to the present
owner without cracl, or brack, and
nearl y as good as new Mr.. Boyce
prizes it highly.
The damp, cold disagreeablc
weather we have had the last of
March, and the liability of catching
colds, calls to mind what the sable
brother said about it: ale had mos
alters noticed if he lived fro de month
Of March, he lived fro dc year.
Clifton Richmond bought the
Thomas Pratt farm, on Saturday, ut
private sale, paying $3.50 for it.
Samuel G. Pratt offered $1,000 for the
same place.
Fast day passed off quietly, and
the boys enjoyed themselves in vari-
GUS ways without going to excess in
anything. Religious services were
held at the Congregational church
vestry, in which the Methodist aud
Christian denominations joined. 1t
being Good Friday there was also ser.
vices at St. James church.
-l40 dogs have been registered at
the Town Clerks office-14 more than
were on the list last year under the old
law. So fine to keep dog in viola.
tion oflaw. "Dog informers" get S.
a case and no publicity. You cannot
keep dog and escape the fine. The
town constable is the "dog-killer" un-
der the law, and he is fined if he neg
lects his duty. Doggy wants friend
now if ever.
We are glad to see the progress
our Dentists are making and the abil-
ity with which they write. Perhaps
some one could engage Dartmouth
graduate or Law student to assist in
the essay business. X.
Frank. p. Archibald is out with
new advertisement He has good
stock in ktrade and offers it tor sale
cheap. Frank, is a capital workman
and Il fair dealer, Give him call.
~ -