Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1880-06-02

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contestants.
There are also two OF three case,
set for tho jury. Phey may or ma!
not b, tried, aud thus ends the jul,
list of May Term 1880,
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Cayenish.
Mrs, J. II, White returned iron,
Providence, II. l., q few days since
She has been visiting her sou, DR.. w
II. White,
Gideon Lee bitterly complains Of
the treatment no received lat winter
while incarccratcd In prison in Keene,
N. II, lie claims no had to walk, on
an average, 10 miles per night to keep
from freezing, Let New Hampshire
rise aud explain.
Hon. John i. Dean is attending
county court at Woodstock.
C. II. Gowran is improving very
rapidly, and strong hopes arc enter
tanned of his complete .recovery at no
distant day.
Mr.. Thomas Boyle, Of Ludlow,
was quite seriously injured few days
since, by falling down aud breaking
two Of his ribs. Mr.. Boyle is one of
the oldest inhabitants IN this section
of the country. lie is one OF lreland's
bravest sons, who participated in the
war Of 1898, against English tyranny.
lie was then 81 years OF age.
-Varnum Lockwood, M. ID. S. ID.
C., is having wonderful success as nm
Indian physician.
LEWIS Bragg is convalescent.
'-Ifyou want good (D picket
fence built employ some of our Cav.
endsh carpenters. 1t wont CD have
10 be taken down again.
-Elbridge Buchanan, one Of our
patriotic young men, has received the
appointment of enumerator for this
town, to assist in taking Uncle Sans
census.
Jim has got his darling back
again. Everything is all serene and
the goose hangs high" 1t was genu-
inc love, and nothing, else, that was
instrumental IN bringing them togeth-
err. Such is life,
Hayward, Taft & Co., Of Proc
torsville, have purchased the old Rich
ardson ,anuery, of Edison b. Gibson,
administrator of the estate of Josiah
ellison deceased.
Some OF the inhabitants here be-
come frightened, occasionally, when
they hear Caps horse cough. They
think the men with the "bar" are
around again.
"A few days since Walter G.
Smith formerly of this town, but now
a resident Ct Minnesota, paid short
visit to some of his friends here. Dur
ing the time he was here he thought
he would have little recreation in the
way Of catching few of the finny
tribe, as was his wont to DO in by
gone days, never dreaming Of the
stringent fish laws in this progressive
old state. He had meandered along
the banks of the far famed twenty mile
stream, for more than an hour, when,
at last, he was Sc, upon by several
clod hoppers residing not fal from
said stream. Clod hopper No. l said
he would settle the matter for $40.
Poor Smith plead Ignorance, Of the
law, but it was no go, clod hopper No.
l was iuexorable; but at last. as the
saying is, to make long story short,
Smith told clod hopper No. l if he
would call upon him at his boarding
place, the following Saturday, he
would pay the sum demanded. AT
the time agreed upon clod hopper No.
might be seen vending his way to
the place appointed to receive q more
"dosh" than he had handled for many
a day; but alas, there is many slip
'twixt cup and lip" the bird had flown.
Smith was far beyond Buffalo twenty
mile stream. When men try to take
the law INTO their own hands and
a fellow from Minnesota
they must rise earlier than they have
been in the habit of doing.
south Woodstock.
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