Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1878-09-18
A, Il, Simmons viii speak at East
Granville. on Sunday, Sept 22nd,

Bishop Blssell will make hlS annual
visitation 10 81, James parish, the
secord Sunday In October the 18th o.
the month,
The county lair occurs here next
week Tuesday, Wednesday and Thurs
day, aud We hope our farmers are get
ting ready for II in earnest, Every
thing promises well now Tor a good
Rir-if We are TO have iair weather
Quarterly meeting NJ tho Methodist
church next Sabbath. Sermon at the
usual time in the afternoon by the
Presiding Elder
Some eight persons from here
Joined the cycursionists at White liiv'
or Junction to tho White Mountains,
Sunday morning, Fare from The
Junction to the Fabyan House ~,
Including return. Several dislin-
puished men were advertised to be
present at the Reformed Mems Con-
yention held there, among them Geo,
'B. Mcclellan. But George vas not
present. lie preferred tho quiet OF n
friends house ct Bethlehem.
Old shot, guns are beng secured up,
preparatory TO making war on the
poor denizcns Of tho forest II the
time spent in scrubbing, securing,
scrcwing, squirting, and tramping A.
ter squirrel or two. was turned to
some other business, il would oring n
man enough to board him n week
But man is a curious animal,
Visitors to town during the fair
will do well to look over our adver-
Using columns. BY doing this you
can tell where they keep the biggest
stock and sell the cheapest.
A man who won't 60 home till
morning" is apt, after while, to have
no home to go to.
All quiet on South street. Glad Of
it.
The old Gallup house, adjoining
the hotel, liz being repaired in most
thorough manner.
The Woodstock Railroad folks have
effected crossing of the Central r.
r. tracks ut the junction to their de
pot direct, by means Of switches
which will obviate the difficulty here
tofore experienced in reaching the
depot.
Troubles never come singly, but
most always in platoons. A man.
who has had experience in various
kinds of business, struck new thing
lately, that Of buying horses for for
eign parties. He bought two, re-
ceived an indi ,idual check to pay to'
them, got the money on 1t at the bank
by getting neighbor to endorse il
with him, and shipped the horses Ii
short time the check came back tC
the bank protested -bogus-and
the man had to shell over to the bank
Then he photographed TO the master o
transportation not TO deliver the horses
and the train having been delayed
the horses were saved from the hand:
of the chaps who gulled him. He
got his horses back, but the specula
ton was not profitable one. In hi
absence after the horses, his wife, witt
has been somewhat restless under tn
matrimonial yoke for several years
picked up her household gods and re
turned to the maternal mansion
"Sch" is life.
J b Jones is prepared for big
trade during next week, having jus
returned from market with the larges
stock of goods ever offered at thi
season of the year, all OF which ar
marked far below prices heretofor
given.
A lady who came into the posses
sion $500 by dissolution of matri
monial partnership lately, played
shrewd game at the hotel here wher
she was stopping upon another lady
"a bosom crony," of hers, who wan
ed to be her "banker' and "safe" fo
the money while she stayed in tow
one day last week. When she cal
ried back the "sealed envelope" tn
next day, her smiles were not s
child.like and bland" as when she re
ceived it, aud realized the fact tina
confidence" is plant of slow growt