Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1878-04-24

good trimming 'liis week, hhh they
look better Tor II,
Correspondent should not write 81
obscure as not 10 DO understood b.
the general reader,
Tho New Band gave concert from
their stand In the park on Monday
evening last The baud has made
greOt Improvement since last season.
The new paper The B,TIrngtoa
Sunday Repiee has been received
1t Is good size, ncwsy, well edited,
aud Handsomely printed, II Ii 70
publican In politics, II, W, Love,
editor and proprietor,
Abraham Dunbar, un aged aud we'll
known "eolored fellow utzpu" met
with quite an accident ono day lust
week lie went down Into his cellar
to get some bacon that was hanging
there, and in order to reach II he step.
ped upon some steps, lost his balance
and fell over on to the cellar bottom.
He yelled out TO his son to go fetch
the doctor, that his Rp0i column and
all the lateral braciug cribs We sup
pose he mcanO clear TO his breast
bone were broken The hoy hurried
away, found DR.. Richmond and IN
folded himself TO him somewhat in
this way; "comc down 10 the house
quick, father has broken every bone
in his body, aud | don't think he can
live n minute" The doctor said II
that is SO there is no use in my going,
but the boy insisted. The doctor had
read Of threshng machines, circular
saws, tread'mills, racks, printing
presses and other bone crushers, but
never knew any one Of them to break
every bone in mans body the first
time round, so he had q curiosity to
see what kind Of a man.trap Abraham
had been through, and he went. Alb.
raham related his experience in reach
ing for the ham. The doctor EXAM
ined his final column, lateral bracing,
etc, and found them whole, and told
him there was nothing the matter with
him except a little nervous prostration
from The Jar, aud that he would be
able to be ont again in q day or two,
"Abe's" guardian angel was TOO much
tor the death angel this time, but he
will have TO be more careful when
reaching for hams and other things,
for he is going down the slope OF
life and cannot handle himself so well
as he could 2j or 80 years ago.
John c. Nutting had fatty tumor
taken from the big toe of his left foot
one day last week. 1t extended up
the foot some two or three inches and
was very troublesome. Drs. Rich
mond IL Sherwin successfully per-
formed the operation. Mr.. Nutting
submitted to the knife without taking
anything.
Citizens are ploving their gardens.
The season is some two or three
weeks earlier than common.
There is "hole" back of the bank
block, on Elm street, that needs the
attention of the authorities. There
are several cases OF cholera in it. The
debris of stores and markets have
been emptied here for years, and it
needs cleaning out before warm wealth
er sets in.
Our South Woodstock co respond
ent says he is not mistaken in the
writer who furnished that clcck item
for the Windsor JoaNnaL and is ready
to back up his statements
We understand that Walter Palmer
is slowly recovering from the shock
which he had last week.
Spring house cleaning is now at its
height. 1t isn't safe tor the male
biped to find any great fault with his
grub fora week or two.
Notwithstanding the hard times,
the wages Of sin havn't been cut
down.
Jane. Anderson is prepared to
furnish early plants from his green
house to gardeners cheaper than they
can raise them themselves. James
always raises the best varities.
Chas. j. Taft is out with new
advertisement in this weeks AGE. -
Read 1t and call