Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1880-08-25
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Woodstock, pp 10Y
10, PosTrH ,aup'i'
Vote Tor Phelps and reform Er
anime your tag bills,
Charles Danas new advertisement
was received too late for insertion THU
week, but 10 has the goods all The
same, and Is selling them low Ad'
next week,
Our Republican friends were little
disgrunlled at our statement OF tho
number present at their fiagIa's'ng'
We will allow them 400 more, max
log 800 can't 20 any higher than
this. II there was 1900, ~ tho Stand
ard put Il, at that meeting there was
5000 here last Saturday,
Votes tor State and County oiicers
and Member Of Congress arc lnow
being printed at this office Price,
80 cents a 100. Send In orders early
Tho Democratic "boom" Saturday
evening was q success, Over 2ooo
people were present to hear Col A.
NJ. Waddell. At seven o'clock the
Hancock b English club Of Wood
stock, headed by the Cornct Band, un'
der the command Of L, W. Wilson,
marched to the depot 10 escort the
members OF the Hartford club and
Cornet Band to tho hall. Both bands
and companies formed in procession
and the bands played alternately, Tho
procession was little less than a
mile long, Many veteran democrats
marched in il, among The most noted
was Josiah Josselyn, Esq., OF Bridge.
water, who has rounded his Slst year,
who is as active in mind and body as
he was 20 years ago. Long may he
remain SO. On arriving at the hall it
was found to b. crowded with people
and the streets were full, and what to
do with those outside was "sticker."
Arrangements were made at once tor
the speaker to speak from the upper
piazza OF the hotel. The announue-
meut was made in the hall, and the
seats removed to the park and the
street in front of the hotel, where the
speaker held the immense crowd for
nearly an hour and half, and explod'
ed many OF the republican lies circu-
lated by crossroad journals aud ora
tors. Among these were the rebel
debt, the amendments 10 the constitu-
ton, the "Ku.Klux" stories, Carpet
Baggers, ''solid South" etc, and
wound up with nm eloquent appeal for
a better feeling between the two sec
tons of our country. Ofcoarse some
republicans will say be used no argu'
ment and that he did not touch upon
this point or that. A man canno,
touch upon every point in an hours
speech. Candid and square Repabli-
cans say it was an honest, heightened
speech, aud very different from Mr.
Horr's, and that it would increase ou'
vote in Woodstock Some republi
cans, of the baser sort in the crowd
interrupted the speaker several times
but the better element Of the party ar
not responsible for their actions, bu
lift happened in the South it woul'
be blazoned forth that the who'll
South were opposed to tree speech
This 10 not fair-no party or sect
responsible for the actions of te,
Do fellows who have more zeal tina
1nos,edge. On the piazza with tn
speaker ere many veteran democrats
prominent '>qublicans, ladies, an
soldiers. Amonsthe latter was Nj
lanes Carlin Of Windsor, who los,
leg 10 defense Of his country. Their
was couple OF republican youths o,
the piazza,- Hugh r. nuwu au
Abraham Stearns, both 10 their min,
tieth year, or nearly so. At the clos
Of the meeting the Colonel was arm,
y greeted by democrats and republ
cans alike. We were glad to see THU
In behalf Of the Hancock and Eng
lish club Ct Woodstock, we ,ende
thanks to all who contributed 10 max
this meeting success, and especial
to the Hartford Cornet Band, Ed
Hall leader, who furnished excellen
music also to the Woodstock Cor
net Band, Ed. Ordway leader, for it
services on this occasion and man
others in this campaign. Most Of thu
boys are Republicans, but they have
always treated us handsomely and W
will remember them.
Mr.. and Mrs. e. L. Sumner have
our sympathy in the loss Of thei