Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1879-07-23
Calender for July. 1879,

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Don't forget to read win Cartons
experience with tho liehtningIod
man, Published on the fourth page OF
this paper,
Great men are sometimes mistaken
We find we are not an exception
Last week wc stated that Warren
French was one Of the late graduates
from Dartmouth Such was not the
fct-he graduates next year. cha''
+. Chapman, son of Geo. II. Chapman,
Esq, was the young man we intended
TO mention in the room OF Mr. French,
Three lone Observation-Disclosures V.
Smith, Henry 4, Ford and William
Beuson-drove through the streets
this morning in pelting rain, from
Barnard pond, with about a yard aud
halt Of eel and small pout dang
ling from the back OF the buck board
aud looked as If they had been struck
by everything but good luck.
J. j. Jones has new advertise
ment this week. Read it.
A dog that would cost $40 a few
years ago, you can buy tor half that
sum now and yet, some people are
unreasonable enough to growl about
"hard times"
That lady on South Street who had
the canvas on the SIDE OF her head
broken in a storm the other day, is up,
and out, and "on it again. She
aylaid lady on the same street
recently, took her across her knee, in
pablo, and gave her 'mother's bles'
,iuu" lur svme remark made about
her DR.. Johnson used TO say that
he "whipped his scholars to save them
from the gallows." Whether this
woman had any such good intentions
or not, We have no means of knowing
They need missionary, policeman
or something, to stop such ''works.'
A little ways above Thompson's
mill, in the darkness before the shower
Tuesday evening, Ed. Case had his
team run into the fence, spilling him
and badly wrecking the buggy.
Our editorial brethren shed resolu.
tons freely along their excursion
track. That was all well enough, but
it was not in good taste to publish
them in their respective papers. Some
of the ADLER journalists did not do so.
Their resolution on Brighton Beach
Hotel reminds us of the Irish heggal
who importuned gentleman for d
shilling and prayed that good luck
might follow him all his days. but
when refused, closed the sentence with
--'and never overtake YOU
Oscar f., of the firm of A. Il. &
o. F. Barron, hotel keepers, wei
known in Vermont and New Hamp
shire, died at the Crawford House
New Hampshire, on Thursday last. O
heart disease, aged 81 years. Mr.
Barron was genial, whole-soulet
man, and will be greatly missed IN his
family and business circles. He wa:
gentleman, had kind word for ev'
erybody, was keen observer of men
and things, had a reteDtive memory
and told stories with easy grace, and
often "set the table in roar with an
of.hand remark. He was widely
known, and it was rarely that man
could get out of Vermont without a
shake hands from Oscar f. Barron
His funeral was attended at his late
residence in Quechee Saturday, and a
large cohcourse of people from abroad
were present to do honor to the great
landlord.
A severe thunder shower visited
this place Tuesday evening. Deafen-
ing peals of thunder and most vivid
flashes of lightning, were almost con
tinucus for over an hour, and much
rain fell. Previous to this the ground
was very dry.
Many ofthe factory tenement hous.
es here are empty. Mr.. Lucian Lar
ned, an old time boss IN the factory,
who will be remembered by many
readers of the AGE now in distant
l.