Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1879-03-05


and most popular lecturers Of the day
will deliver her latest leisure, entitled
"lieyond the Sea-" At the Town Hall
Wednesday evening, March 10Th
inst, The proceeds Of tins lecture
will be In aid Of tho Free Library,
now In tho hands Of the ladies here
and our citizens should turn out,
"BoyS will DO boys until they are
forty years old" II an old saying, bnt
some continue 10 DO "b'hoys" long
after this period, Some men never
grow old In heart aud buoyancy of
spirit. We like such men-thty fully
appreciate a joke, even II 1t Is "hard on
EN-" They are the salt Of the earth,
and keep us laughing, But to our
story, One Sunday morning, recent
ly, disciple Of Faust was vending his
way along Oh the slippery sidewalk as
best no could, to heat up one OF our
churches not having the time of day
with him. aud being in doubt whether
he was late or early, eSpyIng q couple
Of well known citizens. Of reputed
moral worth. well along in the "scar
and yellow Leaf trudgins along in
tho middle OF the street, he lialloweS
TO them -"What time is il 2" They |
became paralyzed at once, and the |
cold perspiralion stood out in pcarly
drops on their classic brows. Dis
covered'.--was the incoherent eycla-
nation Of one Of the twain. What
towards our little peccadillos make of
us, to be sure They motioned the
disciple of Faust to approach .hcm.
lie did So They gave him ten cents
each, and said, Don't say n word that
you saw us this morning!' Some
body saw them, for the story got out.
They must have lost the time Of night
as we'll as the printer did the morning,
aad daylight struck them at the
"table" before they were aware of it,
and, from the singularity of the ques.
ton asked, thought they ~ere dis !
covered, and that 1t would he "policy"
to bribe the ''returning board but
it didn't work as well as it did in
Rutherford's case, and now they "cuss"
the momentary idiocy that made 'cm G
do it. Whether they sung during the +,
night
ave wont 60 home till morning, s
Till daylight doth appear"
we have no means OF knowing, but 4,
they put the sentiment into practice :,
anyway. Don't think they meant to r
do tit was mistake. They are -
'paying up and the soil Jug is fast 9.
becoming bankrupt. b
Town Meeting was we'll attended, '. y,
and local orators were in their glory. "
They went in strongly for reduction w.
OF the wages Of town officers. A -
resolution was introduced by DR.. Ran y
dali to reduce the salary OF town off, +
'ers to $3.50 per day, and they pay
heir own expenses, and it was carried. W
It was difficult to get any one to serve tn
at this price, but the roll was filled M
some way. The economy of this u
movement remains to be seen. Ac-
,ordins to our idea it is bad policy to +
out in all new men at one time, no
natter how competent they may be. l.
We had an excellent board of officers VI
md they should be sustained -espec- :"
ally the selectmen. There was lit W.
lie scrimmage for the Office of town Vi
'erk between J. S. Eatob, the present "
Incumbent, and George w Paul. The y
ote stood: whole number of votes w
l2; Eaton 2O6, Paul LOG. The fol-
owing town officers were elected to Lu
erve for the ensuing year: Moder in
tor, Lewis Pratt; clerk, John Su
Eaton selectmen. Justin s Mon,a All
ne, Horace F Durham, G G Buck 81
'easurer, George Mellish listers, ia tea
IN D Hewitt, Edwin H Atwood, tba
imeon Thomas auditors, Lewis cat
raft. Simeon G Durham; inspector the
lumber and shingles, G W Say v
ard fence viewers, H B Bradley, V
w Walker, John Gilman; pound Il
eepen, Emanuel Morgan, E P r
ewksbury; overseer OF poor, Horace p
Sherwin; town agent, Charles o
thompson supt Of schools, w II p
anderson trustee of surplus revenue, :
Gorge r Chapman; village highway uea
rveyOr, Charles M Perry; grand .ju- was
rs, William c Vaughan, Joseph w on'
NTH, Charles II English constable aro'
d collector, Henry B Reed; text ~
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