Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1880-07-14
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Woodstock. hslU ECU
j, q, PoRTHs ,aup't,
WAsfsp,-Waated nj thn flee
Immediately, a boy OF good moral
character, with fair education, az an
apprentice TO tho priallng business,
Owing 10 the storm last Saturday
night, The caucus advertised TO DO
held At the AoE Office was adjourned
until next Saturday evening, July II,
Al the same hourly o'clock, We
hope there will be iull attendance.
Pm ORDER COMMITTEE,
Woodstock has soms smart old
men, and Hugh Z, Howe stands At
the head, lie rounded his soth year
yesterday. Ito IL hale aud hearty, Ia
as straight AS whir'slock, aud does
al ordinar, mans work every day
We think no has no equal IN the
state. Can II no that he has found
what the Frcnchman, Ponc dc Leon,
went in search oi-."The Fountain Of
Youth" II looks like It,
Friday and Saturday Of last week
were dreadful hot days, and tat folks,
Us Shakespeare said Of Fals'afl', went
about "larding" the lean EARTH Lean
folks iclt II some. 81 in the shade.
A heavy thunder shower in the after
noon Saturday broke the spell OF
extreme heat,
A friend of ours at No. Situate, Mass,
writes;- The largest haul OF Goldfish
Is credited TO W. L. Damon and s. j.
Buchanan, from Vermont, who are
stopping here. The largest fish weigh.
cd 22 l-2 lbs. aud the whole weight
exceeds one hundred and fifty lbs.
The above haul was taken of Mlnot
Light. Mackerel fishing was never
better here. 1t is not IN usual for a
fisherman 10 catch, with hook and line,
q couple hundred Of those fish In an
hour, and two schooners scooped up,
with nets, two hundred barrels Of
mackerel alone, last Friday, Fish
stories but none The less facts.
Vennor was right abont that swarm
wave the last OF June aud ths first
part Of July. He predicts "cold
wave" after the goth INST.
There are ninety persons in this
village over 70 years of age.
Gardens are not large enough TO
contain the enormous growth OF veg.
citation, and in many places it is get
ting over the fences and ''striking for
the country" The gay and festive
potato bug manages to keep on top, if
Paris Green don't strike him.
The Silver Lake campers returned
Friday evening. They had q good
time, and will vote Tor a longer stay
another year.
The first bicycle, running away
with a man, made its appearance on
our streets this morning. How it
made the boys eyes stick out.
We have received copy OF the
st. Mary (Kansas) Eapress, from w.
E. Damon. "Will," it will be re-
membered, was tor long time popu-
Jar clerk iu Chas. Dana's store here.
The Erpress supports Hancock and
English,
By vote of our county convention
tho chairman of the county committee
was empowered to appoint town COM
mittees for towns not represented in
the convention. We appoint for Roy.
alton, DR.. II. H. Whitcomb, G. p.
Tarbell and H. 2. Allen. We trust
they will work for the cause of democ-
racy, and roll up as big vote tor
Hancock as they did for 'rilden, when
they astonlshed the "natives."
See notice of annual meeting Of the
stockholders of the Vermont and Bos-
ton Telegraph Co. in another column.
Geo. Murdoch, q native, but now
of Lawrence, Kansas, is visiting his
friends here.
/. E. Randall is doing a good bust.
ness here as agent for the Wheeler g.
Wilson sewing machine. aud he de
serves it. The "Wilson' is an ex-
cellent machine.
Some people are as peculiar as
the "Heatheu Chinee." Brother Greene
ofthe Standard, objects to our rails
ing small flag over our Office with
the inscription, Hancock & English
on it, because he owns the building.