Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1885-02-25

is making every effort to make it
success.
We would call the attention of tn
reader to the advertisement @
Messrs. +. & II. I. Anthony & Co.
in another column. This is an of
and reliable house.
Don't forget the "colored troops" a
the Town Hall, Friday night. HON,
talent'-upper strata of society.
L. Gillingham will give a lecture il
the School-housc at English Mills next
Sunday eve, to commence at half pas
six. straightforward Religion.
A girl who could spell Deuteronomy
And had studied domestic economy,
Went to skate at the rink,
And as quick rs II wink
She sat down to study astronomy.
-[Boston Courier.
o. A. Bryant died in South Roston,
at the residence of his daughter, Feb
18th, of strangulated hernia, aged Z!
years, 6 months and 2 days. Hi.
body was brought here for burial, and
was met at the depot by delegation
offree masons and citizens and escorted
to its final resting place in the village
cemetery. Mr.. Bryant was one Of our
best known citizens, having been a
merchant and business man here for
over half century. About ten years
ago his mind commenced to tail ant
grew gradually worse. He was a
bright man in his day. 1t is sad to
see the foot. lights go out before the
curtain drops. He was a prominent
Democrat and Free Mason.
Jomes Parker is on visit from the
West to his father, Wilson Parker.
Charlie, son Of George Thompson,
broke his arm, recently, while coasting
on the Billings Hill.
The Supreme Court commenced its
session here yesterday, Judge Royce,
presiding. Case on trial: Otaqlechee
Wooden Mill Co. VS.. Newton Bros.
for "daming" the Quechee river at
North Har!land.
Mrs. Ed. Hammond of Reading is
visiting friends here. Last Saturday
night was the first time in 80 years of
married lille that she has stail away
from home without her husband.
The President Of the Cambridge,
Mass, Fire ms. Co. says: Il re-
commend Hoods Sarsaparilla as a
building up and strengthening remedy
A Frenchman say, "thcre ten mans
to one job in this village" He isn't
far out in his reckoning, though his
grammar may be little off color.
The Concert last Thursday evening,
by the musical society with the long
name, is said by those who heard it to
have been good beyond anything prom
ised or expected. A dozen or fifteen
young Misses gave two pretty songs.
A chorus Of our best singers filled the
new stage, one of the largest choruses,
if not the largest, gathered in Wood
stock for years. Besides these Il small
chorus of boys did Johnny Schmoker
in tip top shape, and knocked the spots
off the top of three great anvils A
piano and full orchestra accompanied
everything, and it took three ladies to
get the piano through one piece. The
whole was credtable affair, both to
the seventy or eighty musicians who
took part, and also to Mr.. Rember, the
musical director of the association.
But why undertake to cultivate home
talent in this direction when burnt
cork talent and double clog pleascs ten
times as many. Go and see the
darkeys Friday evening.
Rev Mr. Tillotson will preach at the
church in South Woodstock next Sun
day afternoon at the usual hour
Linn Fairbanks kag laased the $ b
Markham farm near English Mills for
a term of five years, and is going into
the poultry business on II big scale. -
He moved thither last Morday'-
"L!nn" ought TO rake in the ducats
we believe there is ''milions IN it,"
+. S. Shurtlef, and his sister, Mrs.
Barton, who has been with him, re-
turn their sincere thanks to the citizens
oil Woodstock, for aid and sympathy,
in their late affliction, and will ever
bold them fresh in their memory.