Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1878-05-22

about ten days
Our leading merchants have big
Stocks Of goods which they are
selling at ruIaously low prices Look
over our advertising columns aud see,
ADVICE 70 FAnMRRs, If you have
any article that you cannot sell readily
for cash at the stores, take II 10 the
printer and tell him YOU will take his
paper three months or no It he will
give you your prce tor the article
BE sure and have HIM take of q
quarter from the regular price of his
paper, You can sell him eggs when
they are 40 cents dozen, aud give
him II for a dozen you can sell him
setting hens for laying pullcts you
can bring him load Of sorrows nest
wood and call 1t rock maple, Rotten
apples, soggy potatoes, irowzly butter,
lively cheese, etc, take well, as print
ers are single'minded and child''ike in
these matters, Besides, You fill your
bosom with pride that you are patron
wing yOur local paper, Don't you see
how you can make money! All don't
do this wayne are happy to say
This is the season when the owner
of an innocent-looking walking stick,
that has u fish.polc inside, looks il up
and takes n Sunday walk,
The Forrest Dramatic Association
Of Woodstock will give an entertain
mcnt in the Town Hall, Friday eve.
ming, May 81. The drama "Alichael
Erie, or the Maniac Lover" will be
presented, followed by the comedy
"Woodcock Little Game" The Club
has added new members to their
number and new scenery is being
painted. Murdocks Orchestra will
furnish music. Admission, 25 cents.
Apple trees are blossoming quite
full this season, and if they escape the
frost, and we think they will, cider
will be plenty next fall.
Fishermen line the banks OF the
Quechee afternoons and evenings, and
some respectable sized trout and suck
ers are captured, Some of our "lellow-
citizens among them Frank Went
worth and Prof. Austin Hazard
went down to the iron bridge at the
foot of Elm street Monday evening,
seated themselves, one on each end Of
a log, 50 as to balance nicely on the
top of high rock, anu dropped
their lines into pleasant places The
Professor got excited over "nibble"
at his hook, or a bite from fly on
his sable cheek, and jumped up,
which destroyed the equipoise of
the log, and Frank went down among
the fishes before the Professor had |
time to think. However, he came |
out all right, and they secured good
string of fish. Frank will look out
for the other end of the log next
time, and put rock on it or screw the
Professor to il.
"A youth by the name Of Manly, Of
Plymouth, drove into town Saturday
with load of illegal tender" in the
shape of shingles that he had been
preparing all winter, and disposed of
them. 1t would have been all We'll
with him, if he had bought his gro
ceries and went home then but he
didn't, he tell in with two or three
Woodstock "b'hoys." They discussed
various knotty questions, from the
war in Europe to the science of max
ing shingles. They did not agree ex-
actly on all points, took drinks occa-
sionally, moved from point to point
about the village, time slipped and it
got to be late Saturday night or early
Sunday morning, when they decided
to fight, but could not agree on that
either, and one Of the Woodstock
boys went to find man that he
thought could lick Manly, but he was
gone, and just as he got back Sheriff
Hewitt was leading his "pards" down ,
to jail, and he invited him to fall in,
which he did. He was sorry that he
got back so quick, Monday morning
they were fined SO each for disturbing ,
the peace, and Plymouth went home
a sadder if not wiser man.
Capt. A. Barnes has removed his
repair boot and shoe shop to the
room over Eaton & Pinney's clothing
store, recently vacated by Joel Eaton.
Tommy continues to wrestle with
his "pepper" at the Junction, and
steals news from local papers that be
thinks be is too stony" to exchange