Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1882-08-09

girl with handsome hose that tho most
comfortable place !. not hammock
At this season Of the year people
can't DO too careful IN regard TO their
diet, Tho drainage should also DO
looked after, A little unrlpe fruit In
judlciously eateni the water In tho
we'll becomes foul drain gets clog
ged any or all Of these may result IN
cholera morbus ortyphold fever II Is
tho season Of debility, Wd u little care
may save any amount OF trouble
Mrs, Barnes aud daughter Of Grand
Rapids, Mich, who have been making
a tour Of tho White Mountains, are
now visiting at DR., Randall's' Mrs b.
Is q niece Of the Doctor, formerly re-
ceiycd hcr education under Hon. Hosea
Doton, aud Is we'll known to many OF
our older citizens.
This is q great year for hcrdssrass'
Myron Grandy showed us another
specimen, raised on William Cowboys
farm in Hartford. that measured o feet
G l.2 inches. l.. j. Sandcrson, on
Harlland Hill, showed US some spears
that measured nearly rs much, with Il
seed head on one of them 0 inches long
The services in the Christian church
last Sabbath, in memory Of the late
Elder Jasper Haacn, were interesting
and the audience large. Rev. Mr.
Phillips, OF Plymouth, n. H., who is
officiating during the pastors indispos''
ton, preached the sermon. The local
clergymcn took part in the exercises.
Hon. Frederick Billings, at the close,
made some pertinent remarks on the
libcrality and christian spirit now pre-
vailing all denominations us compared
with the Irregularities of ''yc oiden
times" Mr.. Billings is n natural
orator, and there is always poitt and
pith in what he says.
The few days Of torrid weather, liked
to have killed us all. The average re.
spectacle thermometer stood about ~
in the shade during the time, but once
in u while radical one would 60 up tc
100. Oh il was awful! 1t was q
good time to preach salvation. Well,
there is an end to all things. Monday
brought us thunder shower, which
laid the dust, and corn and garden
sass, that was rolled up like a pipe
stem, drank freely and was refreshed
and man and nature rejoiced. 1t has
continued to shower at intervals since
and the ground is pretty well soaked
but the heat is nearly as great as it wa'
before the clouds opened on us.
Mrs. Weeks, DR.. RandalPs daugh
ter, started from here July Goth, via
Hoosac Tunnel, arrived in Buffalo at {
O'Clock Sunday morning, met her hus
band at the depot, made weeks stol
in Buffalo and went home to Chicago
by way of the lake. Pretty good time
and no doubt must be delightful tril
at this season of the year.
A colored man on South Stree
melted down the other day, they scrap
ed him up in wash-tub, during tn
night he swelled and filled the room
nearly full of "composition." Th
next day his friends procured som
molds, galvanic battery, etc., AM
there was enough of him to cas-
five fair sized colored people W.
don't care cent whether you bcliev
word of this or not.
Chester was first chartered b.
New Hampshire, Feb. p, 1854, b.
the name of Flamstead. 1t was re
chartered Nov. 3, 1866, by the nam
of New Flamstead. The settlement
was commenced in 1864, by Thoma
Chandler and his two sons, John an
Thomas. On the 14th of July, 176t
Thomas Chandler obtained q charte
from the state of New York for himse
and sc others, in which the town too
the name of Chester. About this tim
the county of Cumberland was organ
lied, and Chester became the shin
town. Col. Thomas Chandler was AZ
pointed chief justice of the count
court, and his son John, clerk.
Men lose some of their talents ,
they grow older. You never saw
boy in any scrape but he could give
plausible excuse for his course, but
man often finds himself stumped tor
explanation.
Illinois has q l20-acre melon pate
Think of that, colored friends.