Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1883-08-08

Our brother of the "stick and rule
II. II. Woodbury. and family, are TAX
ing leisure week or so at the Wilder
House, Plymouth Union, Vt. Uncle
Wilder keeps nice house ; and as the
scenery is fine, the fishing, boating,
etc., excellent, we make no doubt but
what our friend, Henry, will enjoy his
otiatm cum Mgnitate full as much as
he would at "Long Branch" or "Old
Orchard"
Hiram Powers lost his only COW, n
good one, the other day, from stoppage
or inflammation of the bowels. Hiram
thought this was hard luck, and so did
his fellow townsmen. At the sug-
gestiou of Mr.. Lewis Pratt, Mr.. Gull
len Staples carried n paper around, and
received some S3j or S40-enough at
least to bny him another, which is
creditable to our people, and Mr.. Pow
ers feels thankful.
PENCIL MARKs.--Cool nights
The Tribou Park fence is being put up
it is iron and Of same pattern Of the
central" park fencc.-W. II. Smith
of Scranton, Penn, is IN town. Mrs.
Smith has been stopping at her faith
cr's, Lorenzo Richmond, for some
weeks. Fred Wilder has returned
from Saratoga, Nantucket, etc.-W.
L. Damon and family have arrived
home from Martha's Vineyard.-Alvin
Hatch has been to Providence, r. l.
on a pleasure trip, and says he is going
again next month. If we had as
much money as Mr.. Hatch we would
look this world over more than we do.
That South street man, who got
mixed with his hired girl, has taken
an appeal to the County Court.-The
County Jail is empty, and has been so
since court "riz. IF you want to
see large crop of sun-hower in bloom,
look in on the Park.-Dog Days are
not very terrible on paper collars
Shakespeare says, "There is no dark
hess but ignorance" and old Shak.
wasn't far from right.-Neighbor
Greene has the frame to his new barn
up, the Messrs. Dunhams are doing the
work it is to be covered with n course
cf brick on the outside.-A. w.
Thompson Of Belfast, Me-, has been
visiting his brother-in-law, 7. w.
Gates, the past He is brother
typo.-Stephen p. Pratt, of Boston, is
visiting at his fathers Lewis Profit
Harvey Fiske and family and Pliny
Fiske and wife of New York, who have
been visiting at Geo. II. Chapman's,
with his son, Geo. r., sailed for
Europe last Saturday.-Scnd in the
news. Once in while we corner a
man and ask him if he has any news
and he says, SOB, nothing." We
apply the ''pump," and we get good
deal of interesting "local matter" out
Of him before we let up.--E. A. Smith
is at Saratoga-Miss Mary Fske Of
Trenton, n. j., is visiting at Geo.
r.. Chapman's. We hope to get a
"locaI item,' on his late trip, from our
friend, II. ii. Woodbury., for next
weeks issue Of the AGE.-Lemuel
Whitney, of New Haven, Conn, was
in town on II brief visit to his old home,
last week. A South street man was
dreadful mad Saturday night. lie
brought home his stock of groceries
all right, but forgot his tobacco. A
man don't very often do this The
Band stand isn't sufe-it needs fixing
and covering. Hon. Frederick Bill
ings presented Geo. +. French, our pop
uar livery keeper, with valuable sad
die horse, one day last week. is said
you can hear the whistle of a locomotive
$500 yards, but boy can't hear his
mothers call ten yards away.-NIiss
NJ. L. Rogers, of Charlestown, n. H.,
will spend this and next month, ut Mr..
William Boyce's, on River street,
Mrs. Francis w. Thomas of Boston,
Miss Mary Phelps of Attleboro, Mass,
and Mrs Clara Hunton and son, of
New London, N. H., are stopping at
Mr.. William Boyce's. Miss Talbot is
also spending the summer there.
Taftsville.
MIR. Eugene English, from Lit
Teton, n. H., has been visiting friends