Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1885-02-04

The young men about town are pre-
pairing to give minstrel entertainment
at an early date, by home talent exclu-
sively. Programme to consist of over
ture, ballads, songs, funny sayings by
end men, and variety programme for
second part. The proceeds to 60 to-
wards paying for the new scenery at
the Town Hall.
The O. V. M. Association are re-
hearsing for concert to be given UNI
der direction of Prof. j. r. Pember,
Thursday eve, the 18th.
Quechee Valley Pomona Grange
meet at the factory boarding house hall,
in this village, Saturday, Feb. Z, at
10 O'Clock a. M, for the purpose of in
stallatiou of officers.
Christopher Columbus, wasn't it
cold Tuesday morning? Thermome-
tiers ranged from 80 to 40 below zero
in different parts of the village. L. y.
Greene, on Mountain Avenue, had it
80; Hosea Doton, A. NJ, on Pleasant
Street, registered SO; John d. Pow
ers, High Street, 40. Candlemas was
clear and fair, and if there is any truth
in the old Scotch axiom, we shall have
"twa winters in the year." We
thought we had dozen of 'em the day
after Candlemas.
PENCIL MARKs.-The mercury in
thermometers got crowded awtully
yesterday morning, it couldn't 90 up
nor down.-Be good to yourself while
you stay here, the world wont miss
you much when you are gonc.--Lent
begins this year Feb. 8, nine days
earlier than last year; eat all you can
this week and be prepared to--to--
fast.--Did it freeze your garden truck
in the cellar?--The moon only gets
Hfulp once this month, and that on
the last hour of the last day.--Have
you had your hair "singed' at Keat-
ing's? this is new process for human
critters, anyway, and is said TO thick
en- it and make it grow faster. and
beside, it gives your wife advantage
in family scrlmage; you Should al
ways aim to give your better half Il
"sott job !"-Ho!y mother Of Moses !.
wasn't it shipping aud an eager air"
yesterday morning; the fellow with
the chillbain on his heel. made sad
havoc with the kerosene can. Old
paralysis is worse and "DX" is bet
ter; we have no sympathy for Mr..
Paralysis, he ought to have known
better.-Zero this wednesday, morn
ing with signs Of snow Storm
Harry Powell, one of our rising young
men, is clerking for E. X. Slack
1t was Mr.. H. Swan Dana who broke
small bone in his shoulder, not
Harold S., as we had it last week.
Mrs. Shurtletf continues about the
same, and to add to the family mis-
fortune, the children are down with
the measles. Z. johnson has
sold tile Walker place on the South
road (beyond the city,, to Dana A
Talbot and wife of South Woodstock,
for S1200.-A friend writing us from
Oregon says, "29 degrees below zero
with snow IS inches deep. "-Potatoes
bring 40 cents for shipment.-Look
out we are preparing u "black list" of
those who are owing for this paper for
long time the election of Cleveland
has not made US millionaire" yet
Blooming flowers and waving trees are
not so numerou, in the silting-room
windows as they were before the late
snapper, and housewives mourn.-We
would say to those parties wishing cop
les Of the Worlds Prayer, that the
edition is exhausted, but will republiSh
it if enough wish for it to make it an
Object.
Saving wood time has come around
again, and it reminds us of an incident
that took place on Elm street, in this
village, few years ago. A young
man, now successful and popular
druggist in one of the principal towns
in the State, wanted to turn an honest
penny, 50 he thought he would inter-
view his neighbor, domini, for the
purpose Of securing the job of saving
his winters wood. He found the
preacher of the word saving his own
wood. ''You saw your own wood, dc
your" 80, yes, do" swell. !
rhould think you might, you haven't
anything else to u" This tickled
the good man, who always loved a
joke, and in speaking of it to friend
the next day, said, 81 suppose half Of
my parishioners think so too, and we
guess he was about right.