Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1881-06-01
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Lewis Rogers aud family leaves ioI
their new home In batavia, n y this
Tuesday forenoon, Sorry to have
them -,
No living VermonIcr over saw the
grass crop looking any better NJ this
season Of the year,
Egg are selling at 10 cents q Dozen
A hen convention Is threatened, aud u
"strikc" I. imminent, Mr., fairbank' :
"hoss" hen, on whose product We made
u note IN this column short time ago,
says she i going 10 make the "geatcsl
effort Of her llls" 10 raise the price,
She ought to, for she aud her sisters
aud her cousins, aud her ounlS, pro-
ducc the biggest eggs of any breed OF
hens IN America, This i lact,
An exchange 50 fully expresses our
sentiments on the subject Of local cor
respondents, that We chCCriNlly adopt
H. language aud publish II for the
benefit Of our readers 1--WE want to
hear from ~ many correspondents rs
can write to Us every week, five do
no, print all they write, the fact should
not offend them. We have to Judge OF
the matter thu, viii please or interest
the most readers, and We tr,s, no
correspondent, will feel mkindly It We
do not always give all the room asked
for,
A letter was received at the post
office in this place recently, addressed
To Haskell 4 Palmer, Publishers OF
the Vermont Reports" They were
large publishers in their day, but il is
80 years since they did business, and
both are dead, but their "mcmory
lives" ii seems.
Mr.. Francis W. Clarke who has
been confined to his house all winter
and spring by complication of dis
eases, is able to ride on, little, and is
in II fair way to get well, All who
know Mr.. Clarke will be glad to learn
this.
The prospect for an apple crop is
good. We never saw the trees blossom
50 fully MS they have this season.
Business is booming in Woodstock.
Laboring men are scarce, and they
command any price they have mind
To ask. We asked n man why wages
were higher this year than last, and he
replied: Il suppose it is because 50
many have moved from the place. and
we guess it is SO.
Not Il note was sounded in this vii
lage on decoration Day." and no.
body, from anything they saw in our
streets, would take it for illegal
holiday" set apart to honor the il
lustrious dead.
Great growing time, Plenty of wet
and the thermometer ranges from ST
to 90 IN the shade.
Boys have you cleared ont that
school-house well yet? As Professor
Hazard would say: "Malpracticc
malpractice J"
The members of the Windsor Co.
Mutual Fire Insurance Co. at theil
annual meeting, May 2jth, elected the
old board of Directors, and the Drec
tors organized by electing Philo Hatch
President; Geo. r. Chapman, Vic'
President and Auditor; r. s. South
gate, Secretary and Treasurer.
Mrs. VIM. ii. Brooks is seriousl,
i'll at the residence of her father, Hon
w. G. French.
WINDSOR COUNTY CoUT.-m the
care Brooks VS.. Thatcher, medtione'
last week, Il verdict was rendered TO-
Plaintiff; exceptions toSupreme Court
Mo. 35. Town Of Weston VS.
Town of Wallingford. Remande'
from Supreme Court Feb. Term, 1880
Trial by Jury. Commenced Thursday
May goth. Verdict, Lriday, p. M.
May Goth, that the pauper was dull
removed to Wallingford. For Plfs
Walker & Goddard; for Defendants
Nicholson & Baker.-Court adjourn
ed till 9 A. NJ. Tuesday, May 3lst
-Tuesday, May 3lst, Court opene
at 8 A. NJ. No cases being ready 70
trial, the Court heard eases upon repol
OF auditors and referees.
Mistakes in newspapers are common
but some are more grievous than Others
An item under our editorial head la!
week, was murdered outright by trus
ing too much to the "devil' in n,
taking any proof.