Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1880-02-04
TRAINS doIaG Fast,

paper Is not the pleasantest business In
tho world twenty years experience has
proved this TO us, You write fay orable
paragraph on q man and hc tn kes no
more notice OF you than II you were dead,
while II YOU touch another on the " raw"
a little, lac Il ready 10 punch your head,
and neither OF them care what you VIII
do for bread. We shall continue TO give
tho ne,ss, good aud bad. no matter
what the parties may think or say, Just
the same-thls ~ what newspaper Is for
II IL a curious fact that the best brief de-
scription Of the modern newspaper should
have been given by the poet Cowper' III
the days when the paper was In It's III
fancy
A map OF buay llfe
Tia fluctuations aud its vast concerns
We are straying from what We started TO
write about, We had m Item Inst week
about II. AS horse running away on Lin
den Street, that caused quite a ripple In
family circles, and "Ann" took It Into her
head to horsc.whip US for IT, She aud
IN Avenue vIrago who had "fcelng" for
us, proceeded to Jerome Taylor's store,
Thursday evening last, aud wanted to
borrow whip, telling him what they
wanted II for. lie told them he would not
lend whip for any such purpose, but
would sell them one. Ann said she would
take one, but could not pay for II until
morning. lie trusted her-he had to-
They passed out and into the
Market, made some purchases Of Mr.. o.
l.. Richmond, who Is Grand Juror, asked
leave to leave the bundles awhile, and
wanted to know If he would be In during
the evening Ann said she was going up to
horse.whlp the editor Of the Age, that
they told her If she complained OF her.
self after doing it, II would not cost but n
dollar,-a.d, ofcourse Mr.. A. would pay
that! Mr.. Richmond assured her that he
would be In to receive her complaint
He wanted to see the fun go on, as several
others did. They went up to our Office,
interviewed the "devil" awhile, passed
out, and promenaded the streets up and
down, advertising themselves extensively
and making cheap" of fun for the boys.
Not running on to the object of their
search, about nine o'clock they returned
the whip to the store and went home,
cooler If not wiser women. 1t was well
for them they did not find us-they would
be boxed up now if they had 1t Is
astonishing what fools fools can be-
There was nothing in the item to war
rant this. exhibition of wrath. We said
something was '.just killing Ann" Well
there is something killing all of us-time,
for instance.-H. A. called on us the
next day, asked us some questions, told
US how to run the Age, what he thought
of us as an editor, etc, etc. We took
great interest in his remarks-a man Is
so sage and truthful when he gets his
"dander up" His talk becoming mo-
notonous we ordered him out. He re-
fused TO 20, and after q little waltz, in
which no personal injury to either party
was sustained, except a little stirring up
of the nervous system, he went AS
Mark Antony said Of Brutus, II. A. is an
honorable man," and the communiy
know it.-Frem the salutations of our
friends-''you still live" etc., the past
week, we are inclined to think with Mac
beth, that we "bear charmed Afc."-
We have made this item longer than we
intended when we started but will close
right here. Any reader dissatisfied with
the above account Of the affair can have
his money refunded at the door as he passes
out. Selah!
An article giving the history OF
Woodstock newspapers and the names
of the editors may be found on the
first page of this paper. 1t will be OF
Interest to the future historian Of The
tOWn-lf 10 no O'hel.
february came in with a whirl. 1t
varied the programme some Tuesday
by giving us foot of snow. The old
saying is-February fill dyke black or
white, if it don't March will.
The ladies of the Universalst SO
cety will hold Levee and Oyster
Supper at the Town Hall, on Tuesday
evening, February 10th. Usual rates
of admission and usual attractions.
The new clock was put in its place,
on the Christian church, this week. 1t
strikes loud enough to be heard in
neatly every part OF the village. 1t
cost $3.50. 1t is gift from Mrs.
Frederick Billings, who has done
much for the house within the past
few years in the way OF thorough re-
pairs, etc.
Rev. o. X. Crosby, pastor Of the Unit
versalist church, Is still unable to preach,
and his pulpit is supplied each Sabbath
by some one who reads discourse-the
last two or three Sabbaths by W. Fl. San.
derson.
There will be meeting in the
church at South Woodstock, next
Sunday afternoon, at 2 o'clock. at
WHICH Mr.. L. Dillingham;, OF this vii.
lage, and others will speak.