Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1884-01-02

q long time we want should pay p. q. q
in. Haskell, we'll and favorably
known here, son of the late Nahum
Haskell, for many years editor of the
Woodstock Mercury, died at St. Lou
is, Mo-, on Monday last. His age
was about so years. "Nel." had q
host of friends who will be sorry to
learn his death.
Rev. L. S. Crosley preached his
farewell sermon in the Universalist
church last Sabbath, and left for his
new field of labor in Maine Tuesday.
Rev B. M. Tillotson, of St. Johns
bury, will supply the pulpit next Sab
bath.
We are indebted to Charles M.
Marsh, the efficient and popular insur-
ance agent, for supply of handsome
calendars. Mr.. Marsh represents the
best companies in this and foreign
countries, and it is safe to give him
your business.
THE CAUCASIAN Down. Antoine
Pecor had an "original package" come
to him by express for Christmas cheer,
and to help him begin the year as usu-
al. When it arrived he was short of
the required scrip Eto pay for it. He
must have it. So he deputed two
colored gentlemen, Prof. Hazard and
Doc. Lewis, to get it for him and he
would pay them next week. They did
so, but failed to deliver the goods.
Antoine went for his rum, but the Pro-
fessor told him in language that was
plain and unmistakable, that he could
not have it, that as he understood the
law, he and his pard, the Doc, would
be liable as common sellers if they
gave it up, and had no intentions of
doing so. The Caucasian was the
under man so far. He dropped his
head IN deep meditation, like the end
man in minstrel show when some
knotty subject is presented by his
dusky brother across the way, but all
he could think of would not straighten
matters-in fact the whole thing looked
dark to him. Shade of Hercules land
Sampson, wasn't he mad He could
not do anything, the Professor and the |
Dec. were obdurate, and held to the
rum as close as death to deceased
African, and Antoine had to go away
dry. He sought limb cf the law,
but he told him that the colorcd gen.
tlemen interpreted the law correctly,
anu tiat lic Hdu III CASE nc upsHOt
of it was that Antoine lost his "cheer"
for the holidays, but he has learned a
lesson that he wont forget very soon.
Alas, how often does goodness wound
itself. A lady of kind heart and gen.
erous purpose, in this village, made up
some articles of clothing for a poor
family, with as many children as John
Rogers, and sent them to the lady who
presides over those interesting "Young
Americas" She became indignant
because they were not made of "slks
and satins," and returned them with
the remark: "If you havn't anything
better to give, you can keep these-I
don't want 'em.
Out of the 20 petitions presented for
divorce, at the late term of the court,
II of the "baulky teams" were I'M
hltched as follows Anna A Howard
from Don A. Howard, intolerable
severity; Harriet NJ. Weeden from
George A. Weeden, adultery Anna
L. Boyd from Charles Boyd, wiful
desertion; Jennie Mandigo from Ed
win X. Mandigo, wilful desertion
Armin E. Moore from Catherine
Moore, wilful desertion Lucian A.
Wilson from Loricia Wilson, wilful
desertion; Elanor A. Huntington from
William f. Huntington, adultery;
Wells Green from Isabel A. Green,
adultery; Adm Thomas from Emma
X. Thomas, adultery; Royal A. AID
rich from Lora Z. Aldrich, adultery
Nellie M. Bowker from James B.
Bowker, refusal to support and in
tolerable severity.
Keep out debt. Debt was the
trap set by old Shylock in which to
catch the Merchant of Venice, that he
might cut out the pound of flesh
nearest his heart, and debt is the trap
set by usurers of the present day in
which to catch and rob the producer of
wealth. 1t is just as true to-day as in
the day of King Solomon "The Dor
rover is servant to the lender"
The giving of so much trash at
Christmas and New Years is wrong
When presents are made let them be
of the useful kind and not tinsel and
gewgaws, that usually perish in day.
1t is well to remember our friends, but
pray let us be sensible about it..
This is the season for calendars.
Wild & Stevens and J, r. Osgood,
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