Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1883-10-10
SPIRIT OF THE AGE.
Woodstock. w.t., Oct. 10, 1888
w. II. II. TIME TABLE.

J G PORTER,supt
There will be no services in thu
Universalist church uext Sunday.
At y o'clock noon, last Sunday
the standard of the central, southern,
and Rutland divisions of the Central
Vermont railroad, and the Woodstock
railroad was set back twelve minutes
to correspond with the standard time
adopted by other railroads.
Some women are mighty sensitive.
A South street woman dreamed that
she saw her husband kissing a neigh
boris wife, and she has hated that wo-
man and been disagreeable to her
ever since.
Highway Surveyor Lockwood and
gang of men are doing good work on
the streets, especially in digging out
the sewers that had be ,ome choked
up with garbage and filth, and extend
ing them in many places. Scraping
the streets with his "patent machine,
is good thing, too.
Two noted nimrods, 'Lisha and Dan,
started out for a little sport in the rural
shades, south of this burgh, one morn
ing recently, in violation of the 4th
commandment. No matter about that,
they thought the better the day the
better the deed. They started up what
they supposed to be a fox and it took
rnfuge in hollow log. 'Lisha knew
it was fox. He was ready to take
stack of bible oaths that it was. Dan
was doubter, but agreed to guard the
hole while 'Lisha went to Ed. Ken
yon's for an axe. In due time he re-
turned, and the first stroke revealed an
odor similar to that encountered by the
Dutchman and his son on nearing a
sulphur spring, when the old man
shouted out, "Drive quick, Hans, HI
ish not more dan tree miles from dis
places" SPY mighty" says 'Lish,
''it's skunk, Dam and it was.
PENCIL MARKS. -Notce change in
Woodstock railroad time table.-Pull
down your Jersey" is getting to be a
popular slang phrase.--42 tickets sold
here Tuesday for the excursion to the
club. Have you got rid of your
three.cent stamps?-Jt will be seen I'M
der the marriage head in this paper that
several of the young folks are prepar-
ing for winter; there are Others on the
tapis.-George Mellish returned to his
business in Boston Saturday.-Chas.
NJ. Cobb and family have moved back
here from Brattleboro, where they have
been residing for some time glad OF
it'd. Collamer from Detroit, Mich.
is visiting at his sisters, Mrs. Hunt
Mrs. A. w. Knowles who has been
visiting at her fathers, O. A. Bryant,
for several weeks, returned to her
home in South Boston, Tuesday,
Mrs. Charles Taft is visiting her son
George w. Taft in Boston.-Hugh z.
Howe is better.-George Raymond,
who lives with his mother on River ST..
and has been wrestling with typhoid
fever, is better.-Alfred Dion has
moved here from Claremont, N. H.,
and opened carriage shop on Main
street opposite the jail.-Now you car
get portrait of George Washington
for two cents.-Cold weather for .feas.
John Fairbanks, son of M. C.. Fair
banks, who is employed as fireman or
railroad at Fitchburg, Mass was il
town on a visit recently; John has {
good "berth," and he is worthy of it
Miss Bass who has kept II ladies
furnishing and fancy goods store here
for some time, has closed out hel
business and moved away, with the
view of entering the state of matrimony
at no distant day.-One of the creates
feats with an air gun was performed by
William Benson of this place on ont
of the days of the Fair, he hitting tn
"bull's eye" nine times in succession
Bills eye is all right yet.-The las
meeting of the engine companies, fol
the season, was held Saturday eve thu
next will be the annual meeting thu
third Monday in January.-Nice, dry
shiny weather; heavy frosts night
last week.--Artist Gates is slowly i'm
proving after long tussle with fever
The library building is progressing
rapidly now, and there is some hop
that they will get the roof on befor
winter sets in.-Dr. j. B. Rand O
Hartford made us u pleasant call Fri
day; the Doctor is one of the sterlin
Democrats of old Windsor county,
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