Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1882-08-23

Our Republican heh hh" p'e'h'e'
don't look cheerful over the nomination
Of "Unele Luke" Such Is the fate Of
war. Vote for Geo, l., Fletcher,
Special Communication of Wood
stock Lodge No. 81 At 7 l'2 O'Clock
this evening at Masonic Hall, Mem
bers are requested to be present
Claremont Junction Union Camp
Meeting opens to-day, continuing one
week, Quite n large company go from
this place,
Mrs. NJ. &. Gale will speak at the
Church at South Woodstock next sun
day, Invitation to all
The alarm of fire was sounded in our
streets on Sunday afternoon, aud the
fire proved to be in Mr., Billings
woods, on Mt. Tom, Mr.. Geo. f.
French hitchcd up u span of horses and
took u load Of men to tho place, via
tho Dana farm, while others proceeded
on foot, and what threatened to be q
disastrous blaze, everything being so
dry, was quickly cxtinsuishcd'
WHY PRINTERS DoN'T GIT KILT.
The editor takes up his paper in the
evening after his work is done and a
glaring mistake is the first thing that
meets his eye, lie asks for the fellow
who set and corrected the item-he is
all prepared to Kill him. lie finds he
has quit for the day and gone home,
and his life is spared to 90 on next
week in similar way. In our item
on our friend, Mrs. Oak, last week,
we wrote it and corrected it in the
proof, Jacksonville (Fla.) Daily
Union" but the printer would have it,
Jacksonville Daily Noon p We
got somewhat quoted over night, and
that printer "still lives"
PENCIL MARKs.--Corrcspondents
are requested to send in their contribu-
tons by Mondays mail. We cannot
handle a "raft" of long items n few
hours before going to press. john W.
English, Esq, Granite State Demo.
crat, q resident of Littleton, and wei
known to the older citizens Of this
town, made us Il pleasant call Thurs.
day.-There is to be a big apple crop
this vear.-Robert French, SO years Of
acc, n native of this town, now resi-.
dent of Bethel, with his son Robert,
made us q social visit last week, and
told over many incidents of ''ye older
times" He is hale and hearty for a
man of his years. Long may he wave
The most abundant thing on the
street now is dust.-Drs. f. S. Nun.
ger and Dean Richmond started thi;
morning with party of friends fol
Maxham's in Sherburne to meet 6
party from Rutland, and take dinner a
that famous resort at the foot of the
mountain. Frost is reported Sunda,
night from the suburbs Of this city nt
DAMAGE have had my Saturday
night cleaning, remarked a coloret
man on South Street as he leaned ovel
the gate of a neighbor Sunday morn
ing-that is-well- she took the firt
shovel to me. Well bet he needed
it, and that she didn't clean him BIZ
too much.-Hot days and cool nights
Flag, the soap man, was in towr
Saturday evening-made lots of fur
for the boys and scooped in their ''she
els."-"Alki" flowed freely on Soutl
and Cross streets Saturday night ant
Sunday Hutchinson, Esq, vii
sell lands for taxes in Pomfret Sept
80. See advertisement in this paper
Joe Market got on his ear on Gross
Street Sunday, invaded the domicile o
colored lady, ''sister Susan," brok'
her delft, furniture, etc. She rushed
into the street hollering per-l-i-c-e
per-l-i-c-e!! After awhile Joe re
gained his equilibrium and left tn
premises.-Dix took exceptions to ou
item last week-he says we got tn
time little too long. We can't TAX
off more than half an hour any way
Hubbard was too much for him an'
beat him at his own game. When
man gets the start of Dix in meal
trick he has got to set up late and &c
up early Rum agencies are too nu
merous on South Street. Frank G
Hatch has had executed in New Yor
some crayon portraits of his father
the late Philo Hatch.-Votes for Stat
and County officers and member
congress, will be printed at this office