Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1877-04-18

Company, publishers, Claremont, N.
II.
1t is rather uiscouraging to a
young man who visits his "gal" Satur.
day evening to have her look at the
clock about p. M, and say, "Ador-
able, it is about time to retire--I want
to 50 to meeting to morrow" Scnsi-
bic girl, that.
Boss Tweed has come out and
made confession which is consid.
cred damaging TO the character Of
Connolly, Sweeney, Woodward, A.
Oakley Hall, and others of the Boss's
"pals"-if such thing could be pos
slble at this time.
The loater maintains his place on
the street ,corner-you will always
find him there in winter when the
thermometer is the highest and in
summer when it is the lowest. If the
loafer was a fish he would be a bull
pout, if an animal, 'yaller" dog.
Several Cramps" put in an ap.
pearance this week. No ''improve-
ment' in their general appearance.
The tramp has one advantage just
now, he can make longer journeys in a
day, spend more time sitting on the
fence squirting begged tobacco and
'cussing' the hard times than he
could afford to last winter. 1t takes
less rations too.
Don't get excited if you Gee one
OF your married gentlemen friends
coming down the street with face as
long as barber pole, about these
days, and think some of his family
dead Just say to yourself, swell,
his wife is cleaning house.
Stewart e. Co. factory continues
sickly, and needs medicine i'll the
shape Of business talent. If this can
not be supplied, the Company had
better sell out. Business under the
present management is running down
every week. The present 'super"
undertook to ''bulldoze" the help, and
the patrons of the concern generally,
on his arrival here-hence the "disas
ter"
Now is the time to slick UP
Pick up the rubbish from your yards,
then after dark throw it over the fence
into your neighbours yard, and then
advise him to slick up too. ~.-..
King Ferdinand, in Shakspeare's
Gloves Labor Lost says of Don
Adriano de Armada, glib-tongued
Spaniard, Il love to hear him lie
Some who are owing us for a long
time do it up very handsome, too
But in some cases, and this is one,
a sarteit Of a good thing nause-
ates. Now we want the scrip.
The death Of Geo. w. Bancroft,
Of East Montpelier, which we itemized
last week, before we learned the
cause, occurred as follows On Tues
day oflast week Hiram Arbnckle, armed
with large navy revolver, attacked
and shot George Short twice as he
was sitting in the village grist-mlll
in company with two or three others;
then leaving him for dead repaired to
the blacksmith shop of Geo. w. Ban.
croft, and shot him through the arm
as he was shoeing a horse. Bancroft
ran across the street TO the mill forhelp,
and Arbucklc pursued, shooting him
through the head as he entered the
door, killing him almost instantly. 49,
The murderer then went home, loaded
up again, aud as the officer was in
sight to arrest him, he took off his
coat, stepped into back room and
shot himself through the heart. Ar
buckle was about 30 years old and
unmarried. Bancroft was 81 years
of age has been married to his present
wife about two years, by which
union he leaves little girl 10 months
old. His body was brought here for
burial on Friday. George Short is a
young man about II years OF age
The ball struck him just below the right
breast, ii passed round and now lies
in the flesh on his left side, on one of
the ribs. The physicians state that
the prospects of his recovery are very
good The ball will not he extracted.
Arbuckle, assassin and suicide, was
buried on Thursday. His father did
not attend the funeral. Arbuckle
had quarreled with Bancroft who
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