Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1880-03-31

which he had climbed 'Just for sport,
on Monday, aud put his elbow oa. o
Joint Grandfather Nutting mad'
good time for DR.. sherw'n, who sci
It. and 1t Ia doing well,
Lev, Washburn has purchased thu
Powers showing lot" In front OF The
Univerralis Church, OF Mira H. O.
Powers, and will build house on II
the coming season
About five inches OF snow toll
Saturday night, aud 1t made the 30
ing "horrid." Not n "bit" OF sleigh
ING 10 March this year. This ~
something new tor Vermont.
On dit, that Claiming williamsaud
Frank Hewitt, the former now with
]. b, Jones and the latter with +.
n. Billings, have bought out the
stock In trude OF Gushing & Abbott,
ut Queehce, aud will take possession
soon. TIE boys will rush things in
that lively burgh.
The pulpit Of tho Congregational
church, in this village, was last Sun
day. Easter, decorated in gorgeous
manner with tropical plants and flow
ers, palm trees, etc., from the conser.
vatory of Hon. Frederick Billings.
An observation OF Easter Sunday, the
day Of our Lords resurrection, is get
ting TO be quite common among most
of our Protestant churches, as IL has
always been among Episcopal, Roman
Catholic and Greek churches. The
resurrection Of our Lord and Saviour
Jesus Christ is the foundation of our
religion, for if Christ be not risen our
homes are vain and we are yet in our
aims , so saith Paul.
Albert L spicer, son Of T. M.
Spicer. Who worked several years for
S. Smith & Son, died Tuesday, in AL
bany, N. Y. His remains were take"
to Bridgewater for interment.
Oliver Fl. Hatch has bought the
old Chas. Marsh law effice, so long
occupied by the late Lyndon A.
Marsh MS a probate office, and more
recently by Mr.. Bagley as a grain
store near the depot, where it was
moved some years since, and has
moved it to the rite of his burned
house, He is fixing 1t up tor dwell
ing house.
H. Sherwin, overseer, took AL
bert Atwood, one of the inmates of
the pooy house, to Brattleboro, on
Monday OF last week. He was con-
sidcred rather dangerous.
The "l5" puzzle has caused con-
siderable trouble, fathers have licked
their sons, and sons have talked
"hornd" to their mothers, their sis
ters and their aunts, lovers have
.quarreled and parted, and old men
have gone crazy over ii, but we can
produce man that can solve 1t in all
its combinations, and he hasn't got
mad at it-nct bit.
As George Bradley was coming
from the depot last Tuesday morning
and when in front Of Phoenix block
there was horse running with a sled
attached. headed due west, George
had tackled tor Elm street AS the
horse came up "Old Scr'mmage"
rushed into the street, which
caused the horse to go north,
striking Georges craft in the star
board quarter, knocking her on her
beams end. George says if be hadn,
anything outside Of his family more
than runaway horses and broken was-
CONS to contend with he should be
happy to what he is now. =.
An Iowa woman prayed that her
husband might be struck by lightning
and the next day be was kicked by a
mule,
The timber for new chapel, to be
erected by Hon. Frederick Billings,
near the Congregational church, and
to be connected with the present chap
81 of that church, is mostly on the
ground, and the building will be COM
menoed as soon as spring fairly opens
Mr.. Horace Lockwood will have
charge OF the stone work Of the GEL
lar, and Mr.. Austin Abbott of the
carpenter work Of the building.
The Mr.. Bailey mentioned in the
New Hampshire items, is the uncle Of
our townsman, R. H. Bailey, and
great uncle Of. the wife Of L. o.
Greene, editor and publisher Of the
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