Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1877-08-15
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TRAINS GOING EAST.

This is usually season OF sick
ness. BE careful of diet and exposure
This is a bad time to buy Their
mometers-they run too high-abou1
80 most of the time.
DR.. Newton is at his Office. The
doctors health Is rather poo, which
we are sorry to see.
We have made up our mind not
to attend the Centennial 1t has tax
en- us long time TO do this. We
suppose it is because we have so much
mind to make up,
Rain, rain, rain here every day,
and not a drop in Name The papers
there ere complaining Of wells and
cisterns drying up.
The railing for the west side OF
the new iron bridge has arrived. The
hollow in the road on the north side
of the bridge Is being filled up. A
good idea.
BY telephone from Bennington
we learn that that "danger signal
from Woodstock, for Hayes carriage,
had not arrived up to three o'clock
to-day wednesday, Hope there
won't any accident happen to his
fraudulency III consequence.
internal improvements continue.
A new sidewalk is being put down in
front of the Tracy and Dana blocks.
1t was very much needed. Also, one
over the jail bridge.
Sixty gentlemen, including the
Woodstock Cornet Band, lett for
Bennington yesterday on the 1910
train. Some five or six more left in
the afternoon. A few more went over
the mountain via. Rutland.
We can boast of some smart old
men here, as we'll as young men and
middle aged. Mr.. Joel Eaton was II
last Tuesday. Got up at halfpast
four a. m.-his usual time of rising
the year rouGd-and shaved himself
without looking glass as well as any
barber could do it for him. He has
been in business here fifty years, in
one building; has walked, on an av-
erage, three times day from his
house to his shop in this time it has
been figured up by competent math-
metician, who says he has walked
enough in this way to make trip
around the world. He is the oldest
business man now in business in
town; has always done good bust
ness and always had faith in the judi
cious use of printers ink He has a
new advertisement in this issue Of the
AGE.
Michael Myers has willow tree
in his garden that measures II feet in
circumference four feet from the
ground. We venture to say that this
Is the largest willow tree in the State.
Another stands side of it that is near
ly as large. They were set out in
1886 by his tather-ln law, the late Mr..
Charles McConner.
The Central Vermont r. r. has
made the most perfect arrangement
for transporting passengers to and
from the centennial that has ever been
made by any railroad in this country.
The Central has the best managers of
any road in the country, also.
The Midsummer Nights Enter.
tainment, given by Miss Adelaide
Vance and assistants, at the Town |
Hall, Friday night last, was very
fair entertainment for the country,
and the hall was well filled. The
play OF Romeo and Juliet Was only
middling, the rest of the programme
was very good. The singing by Miss
Anna Beere was loudly applauded.
The accompaniment on the piano by
S. B. Whitney was tip top.
We have a few "dead beats" on
our books-every newspaper--every
business has them, and unless they
pay up soon, we intend to puff them
and cut them off. We do not publish
this paper for the fun of it.
We saw q bald headed robin this
week-saw him several times. The
crown of his head was as bald as
cobblers lap stone, was large anu
looked funny enough. He had
large quantity of provision in his