Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1884-04-02

Monday.
A Gospel Temperance Service will
be held in the Chapel Of the Congre-
gational Church next Sunday, April
9th, at 6 o'clock, the usual hour of
evening service.
Locals are scarce this week, but if
they were as numerous as colored
people at circus, we have not time to
write them up, owing to sickness in
our ranks.
Addison Sawyer imbibed too much
tarantalus juice, and was cutting pigeon
wings on the sidewalk on Central ST.,
Monday evening, when jailor Hewitt
clapped his paw on him. AID. settled
back in the breechen. Mr.. Hewitt
yanked him along, and AID. represented
the shape of nearly every letter in the
alpha bet by his contortions Of body,
and when he got as far as E. X.
Slack grocery, he cast himself fiat on
the sidewalk, and looked like Chinese
character on tea.chest. The
man of law tried to lift him, but it
was no go, he might as we'll try to lift
the Bartholdi statue. However, by
much tugging he got him to rest on the
base of his trousers, and then taking
him by the collar, he tried to slide him
along, but the snow being gone, aud
Addison's "runncrs" Ivt constructed
lust right for this manner of locomo-
ton, he had to give this up too. FL
nally, DR.. Human volunteered his
assistance, Ad. was raised to sort of
standing position, between the two,
and hustled to tie COOLER" few
rods distant, where he spent the night.
They let him out next morning. He
said he got the "iuice" at the town
agency.
Anthony Hagerty, who has been in
poor health all winter, started for the
South a few weeks ago, and is now in
Jacksonville, Fla.
That Quechee "grass widow ought
to adopt some such way as Mrs. Ford
did with Jack Falstaf in the "Merry
Wives of Windsor" instead of having
cher man" crawl out of her bedroom
window in the morning when every
body is looking on. Oh! the poor dog.
Rough on him.
The block known as the Fairbanks
block" belonging to the estate of the
late Edward Dana, has been pur-
chased by Warren c. French.
1t is said that they have day and
night shift of liars down at the juno
ton, and that Earle and Cummings do
most of the work.
A. Hatch, longtime merchant here,
has sold out to Wood & Gillingham.
Mr.. Gillingham has been clerk ip the
store for some time. and Mr.. Wood
moved here from Bridgewater some
time ago, where he sold what what
known as the Woods Mills. -
Success to them
Has DR.. r. B. found out anything
more about Mrs. Pleurisy Simmons
and that junction board bill! "Do |
dream, do | doubt, are things what
they seem, or are spirits about!'
Whitmore & Clark's Ministries have
disbanded after disastrous season.
For the first time III its history of the
company lost money, and closes some
$4,000 behind. Hanks absence made
a big gap in the company. He is a
trump card every time.
An eclipse of the moon win be visi-
BILE in this part of the world on the
morning of April 10th. This is the
only eclipse of any kind visible in this
locality during the year.
PENCIL MARKS. Did anybody fool
you Tuesday Poor sugar weather.
March kept up its reputation, and
went out like q whole meuagery {;
April came in smiling.-The McGarry
Troupe, are to perform at the Town
Hall Friday eve next their lug-head
advance agent was in town last week.
Michael Myres advertises new seed
potatoes in another column.-The
Standard says the village school dis
trct has $4,000 in the treasury !
happy district MARK f. Slayton and
family go to Boston tomorrow to live.