Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1882-08-16
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There Is likely to be iioar frost IL
Massachusetts this fall. Vennor did
not say this, but II may happen oil
the same,
Our Ticket l. now Published IN
full at the head Of this paper, Look II
over. II Is and excellent one, and you
ought to vote Il next month,
Henry W. English, Esq, starts for
tour West Tomorrow (ThursdayD
to DO absent several weeks, lilo will
take in Saratoga, Chicago, 81, Louis,
etc, We wish him u pleasant trip,
and safe return, for no man deserves Il
more. Mr.. English has rounded his
Is year, but hc shows no signs OF
din,inution Of the vital forces, and
does not look more than GO.
II is next to impossible for the most
vivid imagination aud iacile pen to
ovcr-draw u picture of the pure and
undeilled cusscdncss Of mean man.
On Saturday last man by the name
of Hubbard, from Hartland, with q
load of brick, stopped in tho "Wil'
lows" ut West Woodstock, to rest his
horses, ,whcn Dix-cverybody knows
Dix-coming from Bridgcwatcr,
stopped in front Of him, wanting him
to turn out, but Hubbard would not,
told lin he could stop rs long as any
other man, and, after while, fed
his horses, and prepared to stay all the
Fall, if necessary. Wales johnson in
vited Dix to get out aud cut willows
while he stopped. After IN hour or
two Dix started for homc-Ilubbard
tuckcrcd him. He ought to have
given him q good tlreshing.
A reunion of the 9TH Vermont Vet
cran Volunteers will be held at Rutland,
August Goth, 30th and 3lst. All
are invited to attend. Tents will be
provided for camping and it is expect
ed that Vermont Railroads will carry
for fare one way. For particul lars,
address o. p. Murdick, Secretary,
Rutland, VT.
John B. Royce, on Hartland Hill,
says the Rev. Wells Hadlcy, an Adj
vent minister, went into his garden
and stole about three bushels of his
early potatoes. This is rather rough
on the "heathcn." The Adventists
up there ought to take better care of
their minister, so he will not be COM
PEELED to violate the Sth command
mcnt.
PENCIL MARKs.-Did you sec Jum-
bo?-Dry and hot as ever.-Col. L.
II. Jennings is at the lroflc House,
White Mountains. This is his goth
year as "chief man" in conducting at
fairs at that famous summer resort
The oysters summer vacation is nearly
over.-Our esteemed friend, Mrs. CAL
vim Oak, of Jacksonville, Fla, has our
thanks for copy of "Thc Daily Flori-
da Moon," published in that city
The small boy is beginning to wrestle
with the green apple, and the doctors
are watching him with Interest," The
chirping crickets tell of autumn at
hand.-Henry B. Hutchinson, of Pom
fret, is very sick man and his recov-
cry is considered very doubtful.-Stark
Totman, of Boston, is visiting his
brother Hannibal at South Pomfret.
Never expose your disappointments to
the world.-We are not independently
rich nor dependently poor, but we want
our pay from those who are owing for
this paper for long time.-Have
something to do. The Devil is apt to
be whispering in the ear of an idle
man.-An Italian band visited this
burgh Tuesday. There were four
pieces-harp, two violins, and picco-
10. 1t made excellent music.--Frank
Chapman, Rutland's popular druggist,
was in town this week. The melon
crop is about failure in this section,
and the colored people weep over the
fact.-Over 600 started on the first
train from this town Friday to see
Jumbo. The train was drawn by a
Central Vermont engine, and it stuck
within few rods of the summit of
Shallis Hill, and the boys had to get
off and "huff it" up. Over 1000 peo-
pie rode over the road during the day.
The Standard mentions Frank S.
Mckenzie for Town Representative.
Seeing we can't go ourself, we rather
send Frank than any other man.-Ed-
win r. Daniels, whose death is record
ed in another column, was brother Of