Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1883-12-19
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TRAINS GOING EAST.

W0oustock,
JG PORTER, supt.
Supper land Sociable at the Uni
yersalist Church Parlors, Thursda,
evening of this week. Supper served
at any time after six o'clock for Il
cents.
A South st. woman: sis there any
way to stop mans snoring?-
There is. Swab him across the face
with towel. That'll stop him snor-
ing, if it does set him to swearing.
There will be Social dance in
Fairbanks Hall Monday evening, Dec.
31st. Music-Cobb, Marsh and
Sturtevant's Band.
Advertising does not create business,
but it turns it into proper channels
Those merchants will sell holiday
goods who reach the eyes of holiday
purchasers. When business goes slow
then is the buyer more wary and the
advertisement of greater service. The
columns of the AGE show that our
principal dealers understand the situa-
ton.
Our hotel man, G.. A. Fairbanks,
can 60 to the head on big hogs. He
slaughtered four, l3 months old, that
weighed 52l, 527, 55S and 56S lbs.
They made pile of pork that would
astonish Jew. A short time ago he
dressed off five that averaged 52l
pounds each. Those pigs did not have
to "root hog Or de-" but like the wild
ow Maloney's pig, "while they lived
they lived in clover, and when they
died they died all over"
We would like to hear from those
who promised to pay us. We hope
they don't feel about it as wilkins
Micawber did when he gave his mutual
friend, Thomas Straddles, his I. o. Y.
for sum he was owing him, and
walked off feeling as proud as if he
had paid him.
The old army blue coat is Il thing of
the past. Ruel Buchanan, who has
worn it in Summers heat and Winters
cold, for twenty years, has just "shed"
it.
PENCIL MARKs.-'Cold weather and
just enough Of snow to whiten the
ground.-The Good Templars' reso-
buttons on the death of Mrs. Flora B.
Tracy, at Taftsville, were received too
late for this issue of the AGE.-Hired
store-room for your Christmas pres
ents ?-S. B. Markham has bought the
John McCauley place on River street,
Of the administrator, Johnny Welch,
paying 5000 for the same.-Got those
Christmas slippers done yet?-W. L.
Thorndyke, who has been in the en-
ploy of H. H. Woodbury. & Co., and
earned fame as editor of the Flea,
goes to Ipswich, Mass, to work in an
office thcre.-Sleighs are cheap, just
S. Healy has opened
blacksmith shop at West Woodstock.
emotion is PREVALENT
Before man goes to the devil himself,
he sends plenty of other souls thither.
and the "Duke" don't say
much about pigs this year.-Burdett,
of the old Franklin bookstore, 5 or 5
Central street has advertisements in
this issue of the AGE.-George L.
Myers killed an eight months old pig
that weighed 1856 pounds.-A brick in
the hand is worth two in the hat
Benson & johnson, Machineists, at
West Woodstock, have put 40 inch
Victor Turbine Water Wheel into their
works, the old one being found in
sufficient to run the machinery
Know thyself is sensible, but know
thy neighbor is more fashionable
Village Meeting, first Monday even
ing in JANUARY, and Woodstock R. R.
for election of Directors, etc.,
January 9th, see advertisements
What blackguard says this is dull
town? We have two billiard rooms and
a skating rink in full blast, and a con-
cert and dance on the tapis.-Cold
weather swooped down on us last week
life wolfe on the fold, Sunday morn
lug Mr.. Doton's thermometer register
ed Is below zero.-Don't forget the
at the Town Hall to -mor-
row evening (Thursday).-An extra
edition of the AGE this week, another
next week, be sure and get your ad-
vertisement in in season.-Snow storm
is in progress as we go to press, but it
is so cold, we don't believe it will
amount to much.
The new members of the Wood
,4ooL Droos Rand with thar loodor