Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1878-01-02
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Resolutions Oh the Death Of Leste
A. Miller
Hall of 0ttauge chez Div, No, 7, 3, OF II,
Dec, 10, 1877.
Worthy Patriarch and Members OF OF
taugcchee Division No, 7, Sons OF Ten
perancei
IVhcreasi In the wise providence Of
God, Death has been permitted to enter
our ranks aud remove from Us our Worthy
Brother and co-labOrer In the Temperance
cause, Lester A. Miller, who for many
years has met US In this Hall To counsel
and deliberate upon the means best adapt
ed for the promotion Of the cause In
which we are engaged, Therefore,
Res0lred' That IN the death Of Brother
Miller the Division have lost n very
worthy member, n staunch, firm advocate
OF the cause Of Temperance, and one who
by precept and example, laborcd for us
promotion, and for the benefit OF his
fellow man. the community very worthy
aud exemplary citizen, his family u kind
and alieclionatc husband and father by
adoption.
Resolved: That this Division extend to
the family Of the deceased, and friends,
their sincere and heartfelt sympathy In
their allllctlDn, ard that copy of these
Resolutions be furnished the family ofthe
deceased, and that they DO entered upon
the Records Of the Division.
"a true copy"
Attest, II, V, FRENCH, r. S.
The days are six minutes longer.
New Year-now resolve and be
rcsolute.
The roads are in excellent condi.
ton Tor wheeling.
The stores are troubled from dust in
the slrcet--just think OF it, Jan. 9, 49,
lie who lives for self alone lives for
q mean fellow.
Orthodox mothers up at Burling-
ton soarc their babies into subsection
by saying: Ssh, Bob lngersoll Is
coming"
The Annual Meeting Of the Stock
holders of the Woodstock r. r., for
the purpose of electing Directors for
the year ensuing, will be held at the
Town Hall, Jan. 9th, at one o'clock.
See notice of annual meeting of the
Windsor County Agricultural Society
in another column.
Have your taxes abated--if you
can show cause, etc.,-and many Of
us can. See notice of meeting Of
Civil Authority for that purpose IN
this paper.
The gcose.bone prophet who holds
forth at Louisville, Ky, or in that
vicinity, has been heard from. He
has eaten his goose and examined the
bone, and predicts for January and
February the coolest weather for years
The Whitehall On. W Times has
donned a brand new suit OF "store
clothes" (type). 1t is we'll deserving.
Brother Wilkins makes an excellent
paper. He says he found the type in
his stocking Christmas morning.
We always knew editors had big feet,
but when brother tells us that his
stocking held several tounts of type,
heading included, we have a weakness
to see him.
A church member sold worlds
man 400 lbs. Of Hemlock plank for
good timothy hay the other day, not
reckoning said plank as "tare," which
he should have done had he been hon
est. The worlds boy did not give
him "a Rowland for an Oliver" but
made him stand erect like a man for
once, and pay for his duplicity. A
few years ago this chap sold some
wood TO the church which gave bad
satisfaction. The next year he want
ed to sell some more and told them
SO at business meeting, when a
brother (now in heaven, we hope,) on
a back Seat got up and said 81 think
we had better buy our wood of the
worlds people this year, and they
did.
The nice weather continues, and
New Years Day was bright and warm
as a day in October. This morning
"wednesday is cloudy, and storm
of some kind is imminent. No snow
yet.
The friends OF DR.. Newton desired |
that the Rev. DIR. o. X. Crosby Of tie
Cniversalist Church should officlate
at his funeral in Reading, Sunday,
but the ''pillars" of that house were
selfish enough to say that they could
not spare him, and Mrs. Kenyon Off
ciated instead. Our churches are
troubled about self too much. Oh |