Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1878-01-23

Monday evening was q master piece
Of matter aud eloqucnce, aud was high
ly appreciated bya large aud inlelli
gent audience, DR., lioynton intro
duced the speaker, aud made goot
point on the nativity OF Mr. Parsons
which was loudly aPplauded'
We spoke of a threatened cold snaI
Ia our last. Thursday morning the
18th, thermometer about 2l9 below
zero. Since then IL has been warm
with some rain, which nearly carried
OF what little snow VIC had, To-day
wednesday,, is colder, with snow
squalls, aud high north wind
The next aud second lecture Of the
course will be by Prot WIN. |. Mar
shall, "An Evening in Wonder Land"
Wednesday evening, February 18TH
From all we eau learn this will be one
of tho most entertaining and inStruc'
tive lectures ever delivered here,
MusIcAL.-Thcre will be u musical en-.
tertanment given at the residence Of Mrs
Nahum Haskell, next Wednesday and
Thursday evenings, Jan. 30th and 3lst.-
The entertainment will consist Of the
Burlesque Opcratta "Illgh Life" In three
acts with the following characters -
Warehouses Of Ballyporrccn,
Miss Mary Haskell.
Lady Angelina, her daughter
Mrs. +. c. Mckenzie,
Prlggles, the Lady's maid,
Mrs. DR.. Baker.
Marquis Of Ballyporeen--a respectable
but inpecunlous nobcman,
Mr.. c. Il. Montague.
Lord Titus-poor In pocket, but rich In
love for Lady Angelina,
Mr.. d. =. Simpson.
To conclude with the musical farce,
"Blue Beard in 8 acts, with the follow
Ing characters {:
Blue Beard, DR.. Jewett.
Fatima, Miss Simmons.
Sister Annie, Miss French.
Pianist, Miss Mamie Chapman,
Doors open at o'clock-to commence
ut u Admission 90 cents.
Prot, Cecil gave two entertainments
at the Town Hall here on Wednesday
and Thursday evenings of last week to
rather small audiences. 1t was a
good exhibition Of slight of hand per-
Torrance or studied "tricks," and Sex
posed" Calvanism about as much as
Spiritualism. The professor Is wiry
little fellow and will slip out of Il rope
as easily as an eel out OF Il child's
hand, The handcuf, pillory and cab.
met tricks are Ingenious and well ex-
ecuted. The exhibition is worth the
price of admission.
Ed. Kenyon and wife while riding
to this village Oh Tuesday from their
home few miles south Of here dis
covered striped snake in the road as
lively and active as he would naturally |
be on warm day in May. Has any.
body ever seen the like before in jan
nary In this section : We think not,
1t might have been a "tramp."
-Four OF our citizens, Fred B. Mer.
rill, Henry B. Bradley, L. ?. Tewks-
bury and O. E. Taylor, went up to
Plymouth Pond one day last week and
brought home 12O lbs. OF nice picker
Ell. The Majors especial order was
in ORDER on this occasion, "Hanni-
ball. must not take everything that is
SAID to him literaly--he came pretty
near having the Especial order" on his
hands.
j. NJ, Whitcomb has taken a new
departure in trade, and now proposes
to sell lower for cash or ''ready pay"
He feels like the old lady about taking
boardeis. He prefers having one Gus,
toner who pays to two who say
"charge it," See advertisement.
Messrs. Charming Williams and G.
H. Burnham, the lecture committee,
are entitled to great credit for their
efforts in procuring popular and in.
siructive course of lectures for our
citizens this winter. All should come
to the front and aid them.
parwin's missing link" edits the
Wet Randolph E.rald and Nov. i