Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1880-07-21

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Tailor Hewitt has eight boarders'
Cooper" counts one
Alta caucus held at tho AoE office
on Saturday evening last, tho follow
Ing were elected az delegates TO tho
State Convention at Burlington, on
Thursday Of this week, William ID.
McMaster, l.. w, Wilson, William
Davis, alternatcs, LOWS Roger, ID.
A. White, John Gilman. Delegates
were also chosen to attend tho District
Convention. TO 10 held at White RIv-
sr Junction, Thursday, August 9Th, as
follows: William ID. McMastcr, Will
liam Davis, John Gilman, Lewis liog-
ers, l.. w. Wilson, &. j. Tan, ID. A.
White. Voted that each delegate
furnish his own substitute. Az the
same meeting n Hancock IL English
club was organized with William D.
McMastcr as President ID. A. White
and ", p. Tewksbury, vlce.presidents |;
Linn Fairbanks, secretary; Lewi'
Rogers, treasurer; l.. w. Wilson,
Henry Cushing, William Davis, exec
atiye committee. Adjourned TO call
Of the executive committee.
DR.. Frank X. Ainsworth, a Wood
stock boy, who has been physician and
surgeon at the Mary Fletcher Hospi'
tai, Burlington, Tor some tine, which
position he resigned the other day,
LEI, here for Prescott, Arizona, Satur.
day. His many friends here wish him
all the good fortune that he could
wish himself He ranks high in his
chosen profession.
Garden sass looked pretty sick at.
ter the cyclone Friday.
Crows are good for something after
all. It has been discovered that they
love potato.bugs as an article OF Diet
Several new volumes have been ad-
ded to the public library.
We 60 to press earlier than usual
THO week, so that we may be able to
attend the grea, gathering OF the de-
Uocraoy at Burlington tomorrow
(Thursday), consequently our news
department is not az full as it might
be.
4 severe thunder storm visited this
place on Friday Of last week. The
growing crops were very much dam
aged by wind and rain. Corn suffered
most-in many places it was laid fiat.
The force of the wind was very great
IN some places, and seemed to run in
veins, carrying all before it. 1t did
not do any serious damage in this Sec
ton. Mr.. Eben Bridge, Of Pomtret,
has lived on his farm SO years, and
says it was the severest gale he has
witnessed in the time. It broke off
an elm tree below the surface 20 inch
es through in the thickest place, near
his house, and cast it one.side. 1t
would mt asure cord of wood when
cut up. Haycocks and fences were
scattered in all directions.
A mistake occurred in the proceed.
iugs OF the county convention. In
reporting the names of our town com
mittee it should have read as follows
John Gilman, William D. McMaster,
D. A. White, E. L. Woodward, B.
Fl. Pinney, l.. w. Wilson.
Complaint has come to us from one
of our correspondents because we did
not publish all of his items. We
would say in reply that when an item
is sent us, any part of which is indis'
tinct, the whole item is omitted. Cor.
respondents bear this in mind and
write as plain as possible.
1t will be seen from notice in
another column that the Selectmen
mean business with those who violate
the law by trotting teams on bridges
A lady on River st. sold her grass
to two livery parties, through some
misunderstanding, and the boys came
on to cut it Tuesday, and threatened
war on each other to the knife. A
shower cooled them somewhat. Each
one cut what he could, scooped it up
green, and started for home. Nobody
was "kilt." 1t will cause law suit.
The "White River Gazette" pub
lshed at So. Royalton by Charles
Culver has come to hand. 1t is
small six colum paper with a patent
outside. There is chance for edi.
torial and mechanical improvements