Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1879-03-19
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Mrs.. Liyermore this evening q
Town Hall. Go aud hear her, yo'
will regret 1t II you don't,
Rinaldo 4, Hopkins, Esq, whose
DENSE Is chronicled under the usua
head this week, was q well known cit
izen aud democrat Of this town, and
we sincerely regret his early death,
lilo was a man OF warm heart, sound
Judgment, liberal views hated shams,
stood by his friends and didn't care .
straw for his enemies. Peace TO bis
ashes,
Miss Carrie Merrill, whose death
occurred at the residence Of her grand
father, Hon, Prosper Merrill, on the
18th inst, had been great sufferer
from various diseases for several
months, all Of which she bore with
patience and christian resignation
She was an estimable young lady, and
her death is lamentcd by all who
knew her,
Death! ere thou hast slain another,
Learned, and fair, and good as she,
Time shall throw dart at thee.
John c. Thurston, Esq, Of Cam.
bridge, Mass, II former resident OF
East Barnard, where he still owns a
large amount Of property, paid us q
friendly visit on Tuesday. Mr.. Thurs.
ton is an ardent and able expounder
OF democracy. 1t is the never ceas-
ing emigration of such men from the
Green Mountain state that leaves us in
such a hopeless minority politically.
Frank Nichols has .wooed and won
Bean-Caroline.
Mrs. o. G. Rimball slipped down
on the ice Saturday and hurt her con.
siderable.
John B. Mead, of Randolph, held
one CT bis agricultural sessions at the
Town Hall here Saturday. Several
papers were read-to empty benches.
These meetings are not appreciated by
farmers, or else they arc not properly
advertised. The only notice Of this
meeting was short advertisement in
the Standara. Everybody don't read
the STANDARD. These meetings should
be advertised in all the local papers
and by hand-bills They cost the
State enough TO be Of some benefit to
the farming community. In many
cases the janitor Of the hail constitutes
the audience. We doubted the wis
dom Of the Legislature at the time in
appointing Mead, or any other man,
at so great an expense, from which so
little good, at best, could be reaped.
"The play is not worth the candle
Public opinion is divided on the
guilt Of Graveliu. Amy way, he was
considered bad man in his neighbor.
hood, and money was his God. But
there is one thing that public opinion
is unanimous on, and that is, that he
was robbed of his property, some
$4,000 by his lawyers. If they can
not be punished in this world, the Gre
alton of the devil was not in vain.
A foot of snow Monday thermom-
eter at zero Tuesday; Wednesday,
10 below, is the weather record in
this section. They tell about March
coming in like a lamb and going
out like lion, but the prospect is this
year that it will 60 out like whole
menagerie.
The late spell of weather has driven
the loafer from the street corner.
The affidavit of Tim HandIin, in
regard to the Gravlin case, published
in the daily papers, was got from him
while drunk in Windsor on the day Of
the execution.
A Consultation of the ''three
black crows was heard by one
Of our printers one dsy last week-he
wouldn't lie about it-but nobody has
seen the ''frst robin yet.
The wife of William Billings, "the
old stage man. died yesterday after
noon. She was a good woman and
her death is a severe blow to friend
Billings.
The N. Y. World of yesterday says
'Dr. Richmond, an aged and respect'
ed citizen of Woodstock, thinks GRAY
lin was innocent. aged is tough on
the Doctor who is only about So
He holds to the opinion and has some
good reasons for il, from GraYelin's