Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1882-01-25
Letter from Windsor,

WINDSOR, W January 20, 1859,
Never IN the remembrance Of the oldest
inlabitant has the town Of Windsor been
10 "sthred up" rs within the past two
weeks-ihere has been hurrying IN hot
haste, the streets have, No far as the heavy
covering Of snow aud the roads will nd
mIt-resounded not with the tread Of
martial feet, but Of h III who goeth about
eanyas,ins for signatures 70 petitions,
praying that his Execllency, the President
Of The United States, In Tho goodness Of
his hcart-kCeping ever Ia mlEd the wei
fire OF the party Ia ylcw-be pleased 10
remove the present incumbent Of the Post
Office. who now h, ~ h. has always per-
formed tho functions Of his office 10 the
satisfaction Of all Of the Inhabitants Of
WlHdSor, AMI % the department ut Wash
inglon, The turmoil has not been wholly
confined 10 the limits Of this town or
state, but llhe tho small p0x epidemic, cX-
tended lar Into the granite hills Of New
Hampshire; yea, beyond cyca that, 10 the
HON, Of the llu,tflou' eX-Sccrptary Of
tho Uatel States, aud IL would not bc
surprising II even beyond 10 the Ice clad
shores OF Nova Scotia Why tho sinal,
matter OF appointment Of Postmaster Ia
the small town OF Win sor should have
such startling oiitcv that state lines be-
obltcratcd aud mixed NJ N one confused
mass, Is what no "fcllar Gu tcll' nDles II
DO that some good and glorious pro
that TO the ordinary mortal cannot b.
secn--that viii ultimately Icsound to the
amcliorailon OF mankind aud souc w0.
mankind. BY pursuing two or three very
hungry asprants for government pap,
with the glorious privilege Of drawing
monthly rations from the treasury Of our
venerable Uncle Samuei-lhis aud moth
Ing more. Petition after petition has been
forwarded; delegation after delegation
have gone TO the MEGA Of the faithful.
So high aud bitter has the feeling be-
come that old friends are against old
friends, brother against brother, aud II
may become necessary 10 ask for the In
terventlon Of the government to preserve
order, as there has been some disposition
shown at least In one case to resort to
force by those opposing each other. liusi.
ness Is partially neglected, amusements
are not patrohizrd as they were formerly
wont to be, lasting friendship broken, and
shoe leather worn out-a sole per day ut
least. When neighbors meet neighbors
they do not acost each other with the US.
ual sa'utaton, "Good morning, neighbor
A. fine morning, chr but shave you
heard who is postmaster" "Well, no,
but we hear that Mr.. - has the larg-
est number Of signatures to his petition,
but how some of the names were obtained
the Lord only knows" "lave you heard
anything?' Wal, they do say that Mr..
- has got the biggest men on his
petition, and you know il Is usually the
big dog that wins; and in the meantime
if you are keen of sight you will see the
rubicund nasal appendage Of one of the
plaintiffs strikers peering around some
corner from sore doorway watching de-
velopmen,s there like some ''metcor from
its orbit lost rushing through space" to
report. How long this condition of af-
fairs may last 1t is impossible to say, but
in the meantime the mail comes and goes
as usual.
Two Of the plaintiffs delegates just ar
rived, gripsach in hand, Eury ''smole" /
OH their usual pleasant countenancc,-
"Mums the word" Things looking well,
but for who, the Lord only knows,
Later Intelligence from the different
delegates received at ~ midnight shows
that everything looks vel and that some
one is to be appointed sometime if not
before. An OBSERVER.
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