Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1882-05-03

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This weather Is rough on infant
insects,
Rev, A, j, Hough, Of Ludlow,
has been assigned to the NJ. Il, Church
here by the Conference for the year
ensuing, and will commence his labors
next Sabbath, The people here are
fortunate in securing the services Of the
poet preacher.
A gentleman from Holyoke, Mass,
with the agent, w. A. Brooks, Hon.
w. G. Frcncl's son-in-law, was in
town Monday looking over the Stewart
property with view to purchasing.
lie says he will make them an offer OF
100000 for the whole thing. They
claim that II cost them 100000.
They had better take the money,
DR.. N. Randall received telegram
from his daughter, Lizzie (Mrs. Wccks)
with her two children, who left Chicago
over the Grand Trunk railway, Mon
day morning and is expected to arrive
home to-day wednesday, She has
many warm friends and schoolmatcs
here who will no doubt be glad to see
her.
Why is an old tipplcr like modern
meat market ? Because they both
have red front.
w. +. Barnes has sold his span Of
bay horses to f. Billings of Wood
stock for $ll00. The purchaser is
well pleased with his bargain, and
thinks with another span of bays that
he had before buying these, he can
show the best four horse team in the
State. A stercoscopic view of the
span, from Mr.. Billings, is as natural
as lifc.-[B Barre Enterprise.
Uncle Tim Perkins has been gath
cred to his fathers. He died on Sum
day aged SO years and 8 months. Mr.
Perkins was widely known and highly
respected, and an honest man, which is
the noblest work OF God. He was one
of the original subscribers to the AGE,
and always paid his subscription
promptly. He used to say, 81 do not
want to 60 over on the other side ow-
ing the printer" We shall miss him
all who knew him will miss him.
II there is another world he lives in bliss
II there is none, he made the bcst Of this.
PENCIL MARKs.-Cold as Green
land, and no burgher has ventured to
pillow his garden yet; DR.. c. p. Hol-
den has moved to the VIM. Billings,
Sem, housc-office in Phoenix block
over F. N. Billings store; Highway
Surveyors see notice by selectmen in
another column; Mr.. Ed. Abbott, a
first-class printer, who has been in the
employ of H. II. Woodbury. & Co.
for sometime, left on Monday for Rut-
land to work in Mr.. Pelton's job print
ing office; Wesley w. Staples has
moved to Qucchee, and is now in the
employ of Messrs. Dewey & Co. H.
H. Woodbury. is still confined to his
house; Smith & Wells have new adj
vertisement in t6-day's AGE-read, il
you please May Day was cold, but
pleasant, and the scholars in oul
schools were allowed q vacation and
went Maying, but their collection Of
flowers lacked bloom and variety
Herbert f. Richmond & Co. rolled VI
the curtain to their new drug store or
Monday-it looks as neat as ne"
pin; Vennor says we are goingto have
cold and wet summer-Vennor be
blowed-he is the fellow who predicted
unseasonably warm weather for April
A niece of DR.. Nath'l Randall has
poem on the fourth page of this
paper, entitled "My Mother" Ou1
popular merchant F. N. Billings, who
has been taking a vacation of montl
or so from the perplexities of business
arrived home this week, looking sew
eral years younger-all were glad tt
see him; VIM. L. Damon is shinglins
his house; Ann O'Neil, who was sen
to the insane asylum about five year.
ago from this town, was brought herr
Monday for examination, under tn
new law, and was returned again
Frank S. Mckenzie is making prepar.