Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1879-02-19

Rev, I'll Ballou, - d. VIII lecture
nj the Sons OF Temperance Hall next
Saturday evening at = o'clock
Eaton a. Pinney will sell The 49,
,oalndcr Of their stock Of Clothing NJ
Auction next Saturday altenoon'-
spe advertisement in this paper
There are some mitigating clrcum-
stanccs about that "meancsb man al
fair up Bddgewater way The de''l
IL not 80 black rs h. IL painted An
old lady said once she did not like to
hear the devil run down too mucl-he
had one good point about him anyway
--ohc was up early aud about his
business There IL strong evidence
that "A. b." has some good points
about him. He watched over the
Moore family through a long sickness
with diphtheris, and performed the
last act over the remains OF several oil
is members "without pay or reward,
when no one else could be hired to do
tho same work Tor love or money, and
wo think It was too bad for Mr. Moore
or his friends to go back Oh him.
"A. b." acted ndlscreet in the way he
took to get his name on the subscr'p'
ton paper, but many good people
think he would have made II al ligh'
in time, il the party he had served
and intended to serve more had kept
quiet. However, il is not well to
borrow money to put on suoScr'p-
ton paper, especially of the party the
subscription is being made up tor,
He'll know better next time.
On the first of January, 1879, the
village cemetery tomb was empty
There are ten bodies IN it now await
ing burial, rs follows Mrs. +. Bridge,
n. Goodale, Lorenzo Richmond. Mrs.
Jasper Hazen, Lewis Cox, Mrs Lem
uel Murdock, Mrs d. a. Wilcox, Dr.
Gray, Benz. Pearsons and Clara Tyr
ell. There has been only five deaths
in towu thus tar-the others occurred
in neighboring towns. These facts
we have from the sexton, Mr.. William
Boyce.
Rev. Mr.. Kidder slipped down near
his house, one day last week, and hurt
his leg quite badly. which confines
him to the house. lie was called the
same day to attend Mrs. Udall's faner'
al, but could not go and sent Rev Mr..
Hicks. This is his first disappolnt-
ment in 100 calls to otficiale at
funerals during his ministry here
We have social" local item OF
interest from Royalton in the copy
drawer. We withhold it this week,
for next week we expect a large list
Of new subscribers from that famous
bursh, and we want they shonld have
the pleasure of reading it.
Whitmore g. Clark's Ministries per-
formed to n full house here Saturday
evening. 1t is the best show in thu
market, and "Hank" is the vertebra
of it. Mr.. Clark is good singer, thu
Hennessey Bros are tip top in tbei
parts, while the vocal and instrnmen
tai mu ic of the other boys cannot b'
excelled.
Mr.. Henry Gushing, artist, has tax
en- some local views, among whlcl
are the ice gorge in the Queche
above Woodward's factory, the parl
and its surroundings and Elm street
that cannot be surpassed in art Con
noisseurs say they are superior It
steel engravings. Drop in and Sc
them. He took a picture Of MIR
Frank j. McKenzie's span Of splendid
horses, sleigh and driver, one day thi
week, that looks "nobby."
The weather for the past week ha
been favorable for man and beast. !
has been so slippery folks had t.
watch their feet pretty close, notwith
standing, some accidents occurred
Sunday morning our thermomete
reached 10 below zero, and some oil
bald.headed ones went lower than thi:
We had about four inches of snoN
Tuesday, which helped the travelling
some.
That policemsn's badge was not bi
enough to "deadhead' the wearer t
Wbitmoie & Clarks show. TIL
agent, Hardy's, badge was bigger-h
said he was U. S. policeman, an
could do all the policing" aroun
there himself
The ice 10 the Quechee came tuml