Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1878-10-23

80 citizen wresllcs with his eide
barrels,
They are selling beet steak dowr
Heading way Tor 4 cents per pound
Here We pay FROM ~ TO IL cents.
Never has October weather been
more delightful than for tho last tive
weeks, aud Il really needs some Sun
got Cox 10 depict the glory Of tho
autumn foliage. To-day "wednesday
there Il prospect Of rain storm,
which Ia very much needed.
Our merchants arc opening their
Fall and Winter Goods. j, Il. Jones
has a full stock and Is selling cheap,
Road his advertisement next weak.
Mrs, Huntoon, sister Of the Eddy
brothers, Of Spirit Vale, is stopping at
J., Dillingham;, and is giving scanccs
before limited audiences for few
evenings.
Mrs, Elizabeth Cady Stanton dc.
livercd her popular lecture "Our
Girls" to large audience at the Town
Hall, Saturday evening. The lecture
throughout abounded In wit and wis.
dom, and the ridiculosity Of 70 "faSh.
ionable gal" was graphically por-
traycd,
"A few gentlemen Of this place
have made arrangements with the ia.
nous organization known as the
"Original Swedish Lady Vocal Quar-.
,elte," organized in Stockholm, Swe.
den, in 1871, now in this country, 10
give concert at the Town Hall Sat-
eve. Nov. 2nd.
A lady at West Woodstock, who
takes a lively interest in the welfare
Of dumb animals, for which she de-
serves much credit, sent us the follow
ing note last week, which was mislaid,
We now give it, and consider it as
torcible US anything we can say on
the subject: "Pray do christian
wmk, by urging the hunters to kill
these poor squirrels all of now, while
they are fat ond happy, end have not
begun the long, slow horror Of starva-
ton, which every one says lies before
them. / never supposed tina, | should
wish to hear the report Of guns in the
woods near here +; hut my heart aches.
with positive physical ache whenev.
or | see one of these little creatures,
now the corn is gone. have butter
pnts enough for one family living
near tins house, but l earnestly hope
yon will do all in your power to urge
people to kill those in the woods
(mercifully) before they begin to
slalve'
Isaac Newton, of English Mills has
a cat which has caught twenty-seven
flying squirrels during the month Of
September last, having caught eleven
on two successive nights. The tails
can be seen at our office. The cat is
six years old, having lived with Isaac
ever since the early days Of house
keeping.
The old Elm street livery stable is
now closed for the first time in forty
years. Mr.. Clough, the last occupant,
has moved his horses, carriages, etc !,
10 Mr.. Burk's livery stable, and has
advertised the same At auction next
Saturday, at 10 O'Clock A. NJ, OH the
premises.
Brother Greene is making a good
thing out OF the Windsor County
Court. We sec in the State Auditors
Report, ~. o. Greene, printing and
binding Windsor County Court Dock
cts, SlOO." In another place in re-
port, Mr.. White has bill allowed for
binding dockets. What does this
meant Any democratic printer in
the State will print the docket for
$50, which will be saving to the
state of $50, but no democrat can get
the job because Greene has a republi.
can "orgau." Then give it to a party
in town who offer to do it, and do it
well, tor the above sum. No, that
won't do, the party, though republi-
can, do not publish republican ''or-
gan" This accounts for the "milk in
the co.coa-nut," and the taxpayer has
TO bleed to support the Standard.
Mr.. Standish did not take our re-
mark last week kindly. He wanted
TO know of us if we did not know
that he had been keeping poor
horve' for a year or tao. We give
up--we didn't--and don't believe any