Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1880-02-04
WOODSTOCK, vT,, WEDNESDAY, FEB 2. 1880,


stick tight 10 tho ience q sharp at
tack upon Benjamin Swan Of Wood
stock, state treasurer who was q
Pederallsl, occasloned The loss OF some
support, and after n troubled exist
enee OF nine months, the Memehto
was discontinued in February, 1906
Carpenters printing office was In his
house, u wooden building yet In good
condition, fronting south aear the
east end Of tho park.
The second newspaper published
here was tho "Woodstoek Observer
started by David Watson in Jonaary,
1920, which had fairly prosperous
life, In tho earlier years Of this paper
political parties hardly existed, but
the Observer became National Re-
publican upon the formation OF that
party during the administration OF
Adams, and no remained until tn"
election of Jackson In 1928, when II
became Jacksonian. AT the begin
Mug Of its fourth year. in January,
1928, the paper was enlarged aud
given the additional title OF "Wind-'
SCR and Orange CoUnIy Gazette" and
10 January, 1927, it Wa' again en-
llrgcd. In NoveWbcr, 1928, i, pass
cd into tho hands ol Rulus Cotton,
who who continued to publish It until
1888. In 1927, 1928, and perhaps in
other years, !icnjamin i, Kendall
was the acting editor, and IN January,
1880, Cotton announced that b. +.
Fellows had taken the place but
under the masonic excitement OF this
time new papers sprans into existence
which crowded the Observer into the
background, and in 1888 its pub!ica-
ton was finally suspended.
In March, 1921, Rev. Walter Cha.
pia OF the Congregational church is
sued the prospectus Of n small mis-
sionary paper to be published fort
nightly at so cents per year and called
the "Evangelical Monitor The first
number wos printed April IA, 1921,
and the publication was continued
under the management of Mr.. Chap'n
fer two years, but it met with no
great success and at the end of the
second volume was discontinued. -
David Watson was the printer.
Another religious paper, also pub
lished tortnlgh,ly, vas the "Gospel
Banner" started by Rev. Jasper
Hazcn and Abncr d. Jones Of the
Christian church in 1927, the first
number being issued August 4th of
that year but it lived only twelve
mouth. Rufus Cotton printed it.
In the year 1928 David Watson
started paper called the "Vermon'
Inquirer" but it met with so little
encouragement that but few numbers
were printed. ,
A religious paper was established
in 1929 called the "Universallst
Watchman," edited at first by Rev.
Samuel G. Loveland and afterward by
Rev. William Bell. This paper was
moved to Montpelier and became the
Christian Repository.
The "Ameyican Whig> was estab-
!ished at aoout the beginning OF the
year 1880 by Hemenway & Sherwln.
I! Absorb bed the "Vermont Iumlnary'
of Randolph and another paper called
Equal Rights" and appea'ed in
Mach, 1880, with the rather form'd-
able tile Of "American Wing, Ver-
mont Luminary and Equal Rights )
but the extra names were not long re-
taiaed The Wing was started under
the direction of the anti-mason'c
county committee, Joseph Hemenway
being the nominal editor, although
much of the work was done by Others,
chief among whom was the Rev. 5. q.
LoyeIand. Sherwin was soon sue
ceeded by Holbrook who remained but
a short time, after which Hemenway
published the paper alone until ne
sold out to Henry L. Anthony in 1885,
who kept the Wing until it came to
the end of existence in 1886.
The first number of the "Henry
Clay and Advocate of the American
System" was issued September 4,
1880; b. f. Kendall, editor, David
Watson, printer. After running q
year the name was changed to "Ver'
mont Courier and Farmers, Manu-
fscturer's and Mechanics Advocate.
In 1884 the secondary title was drop
ped and a little later, the Windsor
Republican having been united witt
1t, the name was "Republican and
Courier" until J. B. & S. L. Chase