Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1879-09-03
W. u. u. TIME TABLE.
Beautiful weather-rather dry,

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Beautiful weather-rather dry,
Now for the sportiye oyster-'ho
~" Ia In the month,
Excursions and campdmeelings are
the order oil the day
Ed. Markham, OF PomireI, sent Us u
specimen OF what he called the "corn
bug" He BAYS he found 1t on his
oon, that II goes into the "sllk' anu
eats Ito way down. 1t Is about the
size OF the potatoebug, with sharded
wings, and Of q dark brown color
There Is no danger TO he apprehended
from this bug at present, II Is the
carrion beetle, aud has no greater liE-
Ing Tor corn than anything else
If aLy one knows where Il copy Of
Vallant's Travels Ia Africa II, he will
confer favor by informing the editor
Of this paper of 1t,
A dapper little clergyman editor Of
q patent bowel sheet, SCOTS nj the die
ton of local item in one OF his state
exchanges. An editor who pres'des
over a paper noted for its mechanical,
typographical and grammatical blum
ders, should not he too captious with
his brethren.
Rev. L. W. Culver. Of Windsor,
preached at the NJ. 4. Church, on
Sunday las;, in exchange with the
pastor, Rev. T. p. Frost. His text
was from Matt. XXI chap. and
XVIII verse, last clause, "Son, 60
work to-day in my vineyard lie
claimed that there was too great u
disposition among the people CT this
country TO get living without work
This was applied to the church,
thought there was idlers there too,
who expected TO go to heaven with
out work, but he didn't think they
could do it, If they wanted to set
foot on the pearly sidewalks of the
New Jerusalem, they must work. 1t
was a good sermon, well delivered.
DR.. Sherwin has been quite sick
with inflammation Of the bowels. We
are glad to state that is getting better
Frank, son of +. N. Billings, is
confined to the house with rheuma'
item. We hope tor his speedy re-
covery.
While out riding the other day
that veteran ,iller Of the soil George
Chedel, Esq, made us glad with
generous quantity of nice early ap
pies from his oarchard.
Forepaugh's elephant "Dlck" 20
on the rampage over at Lancaster, N
H.. the other day, while being loaded
on the car and the keeper fled. YOUNG
Forepaugh rode up, but Dick un
horsed him in wink and was goin!
for him, when "old Bets the bigges
in the herd, cav the danger, rushed t
the combat, picked master Forepaug
up and Jared bad Dick down sewers
times, or until he was willing to Civ
UP.
The late Thomas Christie place .
South Woodstock, and a tenemer
house on South street, in this village
will be sold at auction on Saturda
the 18th inst, at one o'clock and fot
o'clock p. m.
A. G. Browns funeral was largel
attended by relatives and neighbo
on Wednesday afternoon last. Re-
Moses Kidder officiated. In his n
marks he paid "a deserved tribut
to the worth of the deceased as
husband, father, neighbor, christian
and business man in this commuuit
for nearly half a century. Mr.. Brow
in lite, adopted David's last words
his son Solomon-"Be thou stron
and in all thy strength be man"
there is another sphere OF existen'
and we firmly believe there isl
is entitled to a preserved seat in Il
congregation of the blessed. He WI
laid in a beautiful rosewood caske
profusely decorated with rare flower
aud looked as natural and cheerf
as in life.
SHERMAN's IMPROVED CoMPous
BAR Soar, ackno wledged and CO.
ceced wherever used to be the be
soap ever manufactured, and costs b
four cents per pound to manufactur
1t is good for washing purposes al
to remove paint, grease, etc., fro
clothing; as a toilet soap 1t is INST
passed. John D. Norton, traveliI