Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1883-11-07
Last Sunday was an excellent day
for the display of new fall millinery.

for the display of new fall millinery.
Corner loafers seem to be numerous
and conspicuous in nearly every vii
lage on the continent. Charles Dick
ems said that "the first revelation of
the dry rot in man is tendancy to
Turk and lounge, to be at street corners
without Ineligible reason, to be going
anywhere when met, to be about many
places rather than any, to do nothing
tangible, but to have, an intention of
performing number of tangible things
tomorrow or the day after.'
And yet another weather prophet
has arisen. He halls from the South
and speaks with pleasing confidence
of November. His predictions have
been verified thus far.
PENCIL MARKS. Read Governor
Barstow's proclamation in another
column.-Union services at the Con-
gregational church next Sunday
Jerome Taylor will close out the
remnant of his stock of groceries, etc.,
at auction this week; auction every
evening in Fairbanks corner store.
Boy, shove the corn to that turkey.
Now is the time to lay in your stock
of medical almanacs to light the fires
with this winter.-Henry w. English,
Esq, started Tuesday on a visit to
friends in Pcacham, VT; give him the
fat of the land up there, he deserves it.
Mrs. Warren Winslow who has
been at West Pawlet, VI. during the
recent illness and death of her son-in-
law, Paul Dillingham;, returned to her
home on Monday last.---Mr. o.
Il. Cross of Rutland made us pleas
ant visit Saturday; he and Mrs. c.
have been visiting friends in this sec
ton; Mrs. c., Mrs. Keith then, was
formerly in business here, and was for
a long time our next door neighbour
The man who predicted cold No
vember has gone out of the business
Mrs. Horace 7. Dennis has received
her commission as town liquor agent,
and the article will be stored in the
shoe store of A. c. Prior e Co., on
Elm street.-The sweetest thing IN
bonnets, your best GIRL. n. Pres
ton and Mrs. Minnie of Sharon are
boarding at the hotel de Hewitt; they
loved unlawfully, got careless, and
were caught .aagrante delicto.-The
nobbiest thing in boots, foot covered
with corns.--Miss Lizzie Washburn
went to St. Johnsbury on Wednesday
last to enter upon her duties as teacher
in the academy at that place.-As
there are 7G variations of the prevail
ing style Of hat, it's no wonder a man
comes out of a hat store looking as
though he be better off dead, and he
knows it.-Oscar Farewell, black
smith and machineist, has sold his
stock to A. Hatch and i. Dillingham;,
and closed his shop; sorry, Oscar is
good citizen, and an excellent work
man. --Nimrods are right on it: Geo.
w. Paul went out one day recently
and brought in eight gray squirrels
The best advertising medium is u live
newspaper like the AGE.--Bro. Greene
has put new paper cutter into his Oh
fee it is small Sanborn machine.--
Did you bet on Butler? if you did, you
want to "take something" this
morning to "brace up" on.--Bring or
send your job printing to this Office
Tailor Hewitt has five boarders. That |
girl who got one Of our livery men 70
carry her home-some two or three
milcs-as he was going to bed, one
Saturday night recently, and then
refused to pay, is what he calls a
"snoozer." He is down on White
lies since then