Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1878-05-15

The Rev, II, =, Taylor Of tho Troy
Conference, has beea suspended from
his pastoral charge Tor business lHeg-
nlaHtIes while attending the Vermont
Conference at Woodstock,
Capt, Barnes says he had rather
have no cents, cash down, than 100
cents charged to tho best man In town
The Captains "head Is level
Swinging on the gadcn gate eye
nipgs has been postponed since tho
transit OF mercury across the suns
diak-too cold,
There Il no accounting for the
freaks OF jealous man, an Insane
man, or drunken man, The jealous
man has tho least iun for the amount
Of capital aud labor invested lilo
IL IN q bushcl Of trouble all the time,
aud bis mind Is constantly full Of vile
imaginngs. lilo Is mau Of gIei all
his days The pelsp'ratioo flows
freely while chasing his "DoTy Var
dcn," aud he is ready 10 eSclaim with
Hamlet, sob, that this too, too solid
flesh would melt = OF he watches u
shadow on . street corner until lac Is
chilled through aud his life endanger'
ed. II is but n rational desire for n
man 10 light n taper at n ne'ghbors
fire, but yc jealous man ought to have
some tangible evidence OF tho fact
before he tears round and attempts
to put the fire out, etc, A married
man should be able TO say with Pope (;
"Takc all tho freedom OF married lio
know theo for yir,uous, faithful wife,
When he cant say so, we would adj
wise him to dissolve partnership and
quit "watching" and driving The
above, points n moral for the trio who
got badly mixed before the public in
one of the stores on Central street,
Tuesday forenoon. Belweer the wife
and the proprietor yc jealous man was
badly demoralized in the iracas Of his
own creation, aud went away with
out his wife, who refused 10 80 with
him, singing the sad refrain, Good
bye, sad world, I'm going home
We discovered the currapt worm at
work this week, and we intend TO give
HIM hell.eborc after this paper is off
our hands.
The Park fence has net arrived yet.
1t was to be on the ground the 10Th
OF the month,
It has been very cold the past week
Thermometer at 40 degrees most OF
the time, with snow flakes in the air.
Garden planting is at stand still,
The Woodstock Cornet Band gave
au out door concert in the Park Mon
day evening.
The "spell of weather we are hay
ing is u little tough on the early fly
he isn't half as smrrt as he was the
last OF April.
The Rev. 0. NJ. Boutwell,, who has
attended to the spiritual needs of our
Methodist brethren here for the past
two years. left town on Tuesday for
Mortified, his new field of labor.
Mr.. Boutwell, was highly esteemed as
preacher and citizen, and carries
with hlm the good wishes of our peo-
pie. Rev. 7. p. Frost, the new APP.
poiltee, is expected to preach next
Sabbath.
The present fashions exhibit too
much shirt collar and too little young
man.
The world renowned Swedipb Vocal
Quartette will give corcert at
Lebanon, N. H., Friday evening, May
18th. a special train will be run
over the Woodstock r. r. and return
after the concert. Fare S1.25 for the
round trip. Train leaves Woodstock
at six o'clock p. M.
Martin S. Myers and Geo. Bradley
went over into New Hampshire one
day this week, and returned with As
pounds of trout and suckers. Pretty
good fishing for one cay.
We supposed Everlasting punish
ment" was done away with, but when
we look over the editorials on the
governor question in our Republican
exchanges, we give up disappointed.
The denizens of South Woodstock
are "drefful" excited over the appoint
nent of w. H. Wilkins, postmaster,
and threaten to send a delegation of
"eminent" citizens on to Washington
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