Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1884-03-26
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SPECIAL TIcE.-Owing TO the
storm, the Charles Taft Auction Sale
has been postponed until Tuesday,
April lst, 10 o'clock Il. m. No fool
ing about this.
Earle went to church three times
last Sunday st. Johnsbury Index.
Dreadful Incorporate after 50 long an
absence. Wonder it didn't paralyze
the old man.
Hugh p. Howe, who will be SO
years old in July, made the AGE office
pleasant visit Friday. He is in fair
health now, retains his faculties ard
erect carriage to remarkable degree,
and takes lively interest in passing
events. Long may he wave-if he is
republican. There are lots of good
republicans, and some mighty mean
democrats.) Abraham Stearns, anoth-
er "vet.,' over so, tapped his "sugar
place" one day last week, and takes
care of it. We have also several
octogenerians who are equally smart,
all of which goes to show that Wood
stock is not bad town to live in.
We thought we had good thing Oh
our friend Sam Markham lately when
we called him Elder" in this column,
but a chap in the Montpelier Arg,s
takes all the poetry out of it by calling
him Sam Slick" Tie Elder has
been up to Waterbury, being called
there by an old ''pard" who had sued
him at law on an old charge, and the
Argus reports the trial. The sub
stance of the charge is that the Elder
and this Waterbury man had little
business transaction few years ago,
which resulted disastrously to the
Waterbury man. Sam was speculat-
ing at the time, and Waterbury hay,
ing sold his farm, had a little
ready money, fell in with the Elder, i'm
bibed some of his cider, and they both
went down country, Sam on business
and his "pard" to see the elephant"
which he did. They knocked about
awhile, Waterbury got roaring "fou'"
and fell in
wv roaming swats, that drank dvinely."
Sam kept his weather eye open, told
his queerest stories by the "ingle'
blazing brightly, and the landlords
laugh was ready chorus. Things kept
on in this way for about a week,
Waterbury drunk all the time, and the
Elder, in a Falstaffian way, only tax
ing little to keep him from taking
cold. Finally Sam proposed to his
"fellow sufferer" to 90 up into north
ern Vermont and buy a car load Ct
potatoes, ship them down country, or
to the point at which they were stop
ping, and that they would make a
fortune on them. Sam gave Water
bury verbal guarantee that he would
not loose anything by the "spec."-
Waterbury started, went into Canada,
bought 1000 bushels of potatoes, ship
ped them, and lost heavily. He was
blind drunk all the time. The suit
was brought on the guarantee" men-
toned above. Sam made IL strong i'm
preston on the witness stand, was
witty, sharp, slippery, and put the
plaintiffs counsel to route at all points.
hence the term Sam Slick in the
ArguS. The case went against the
Elder, however, some 5000, bit he
says Waterbury hasn't got the money
yet, and he isn't going to get it, either.
The Elder has taken in appeal. -
From the evidence, we cant see why
Mr.. Markham is not safe in taking his
case to higher court.
PENCIL MARKS. Fast Day, April
18th the Governors excellent procla-
nation will be found in another
column, Uncle Graves. who has been
ALTERNATING in Massachusetts for some
time, has returned, and says he is going
to stay with us now until he puts on