Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1882-08-30
TRIIss GoIEG EAST,


The entertainment by the Woodstock
Dramatic Club, which was advertised
for last week was postponed Until
Thursday evening, this week The
play, "Rngaged," Is said to be tar ST.
perior to anything ever produced here
Don't forget tho tlme--lo'morrow
Thursday evening
The house owned by the Savings
Bank on Linden street, now occupied
by Phillip Royce, has been purchased
by Frank j. Simmons, for $1,000.
Rev. Mr.. Hicks Of Connecticut, q
former pastor of the Congregational
church here, who IL spending his va
ton IN Rutland with his iather-in'law,
Judge Barrett, preached IN able SER
mon in the above named church last
Sabbath. Mr.. and Mrs. Hicks were
the guests OF Hon. Frederick Billings
while 10 town, They returned to
Rutland, on Monday.
Sylyanus Chombcrlin has sold his
residence near the factory on River
Street, to Edwin Smith ofQucchcc for
$1,000. Mr.. Smith has boon in the
employ of Mcssrs, Dewey 4 Co., for
the past twelve years, is highly spoken
of, aud We welcome him among U.s.
We hope Mr.. Chombcrlin will remain
with us also, but il is rumorcd that he
intends going west"
There will be q Grand Excursion over
tho Woodstock Railroad to Newport
and Bay View Park, Saturday Sept,
9th. The excursionists will reach the
Park in season for the O'lcra "Pina-
fore" which will be played in the
afternoon by the Boston Opera Com
pany. Fare from Woodstock and
Tafsville, sl,7j; Qucchee and
DeweyS Mills, 81 80. This includes
Boat Ride aud admittance to OPERA
Train leaves Woodstock at 6 o'clock
a. IN. This is cheap and delightful
trip at this season of the year and all
should avail themselves of it.
We stirred up II hornets nest last
week in speaking Of Hon. Charles
Marsh's neglected grave. The parties
claim that they are not to blame in the
matter. They say that Mr.. Marsh left
5000 by will to fix up his lot in the
cemetery and erect monument. The
executors of the will at the suggestion
of the legatees and others, went to
work and erected curbing around the
lot. When this was completed they
found they did not have money enough
left to purchase suitable monument,
and the balance of the 5000 was put on
interest and has so remained. 1t those
"respectable folks" were so very anx-
ious that better monument should be
purchased than the money left would
buy, then was the time for them to
"chip," and not wait until the dead
was nearly forgotten by all except his
townsman, Mr.. Billings. Such stone
as Mr.. Billings caused to be erected
should have been put up at the time Of
Mr.. Marsh's burial, this would not in
terfere with the erection of u monument
even at this late day. Mr.. Billings re-
peatedly asked them to put up some
thing to mark the grave, but nothing
was done, and he declared he would
not stand such nonsense" any longer,
and honored Mr.. Marsh's grave with
handsome and costly headstone, which
does him and the artist who got it up
much credit. A young man told us
that our item last week was "slur on
respectable people," We don't see it
in that light. If a man left us $40, 900,
or one quarter of it, we would not let
his grave 90 neglected for nine years.
"Respectable folks" can be niggardly,
and poor folks can have warm hearts.
Crank is but the guinea's stamp, the
man is the gold for a. that"
The champion mean man lives on
High street. lie turned off his hired
girl because she gave "cold lunch"
to brother who called to see her.
She had worked a week for him, and
he paid her, but it came to him after
he had paid her that according to his
reckoning it lacked a few hours of be-
ing week, and if she left then wanted
quarter back. The girl demurred,
and he seized her clothing for the quar-
ter, turned her out of doors, and she
had to go away without them.
VIM. Benson and Sorrell Lucia, two
Nimrods of note, and masons in the
employ of Mr.. Billings, took days
vacation Tuesdav secured the hills,