Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1885-08-19

preach next Sunday IN exchange with
Rev. j. +. Brodie.
We wish our local correspondents
would ''pick up little and send us
the news in their locality every week.
we want all the news. We would also
like a correspondent in Quechee, Shar-
on, Felchville, Proctorsville, Amsden,
Ludlow and Chester.
GIRLS PHOTOGRAPH,
Over the way, all day,
She thumbs the latest lay,
And at Eight she WisheS and WISHES,
But mother has to wash the dishes.
PENCIL MARKS.--Great growing
time.-Summer is on the home stretch.
Ten e. A. r. Posts were represent
ed at the soldiers reunion at Windsor
last week. Those long felt wants at
the Junction "still live,' and their
love for each other is not quite so
strong as Ruth's was for Naomi. BE
just to your enemies, generous to your
friends and Independent of both.
Martin S. Myers started for Boston
on business and pleasure trip
Norman Hoisington is at work in
Bethel '"Nom," look out for those
Bethelonians, you know what happen
ed to the man who went down to Jeri-
cho Forrest Richmond has moved
his livery stable from the old French
stand on Main street to the Eagle
Hotel stable. -Bradleyvilc is not set
down in the gude-books or maps of
this village, few know where it is
located, and yet six dwellings have
gone up there this summer; talk about
this village not growing. why the
man that does must have foolishness
three inches thick on his brain.-This
is the season Of the year when the
green apple yanks the small boy out Of
bed in the middle Of the night when
ghosts are abroad, but what does he
care about ghosts then, rolls him
around on the floor and pulls him
down stairs to the presence of his
mother, who hunts in the family
medicine chest for something to hit his
case.-Charles E. II. Moore, wife and
son of Concord, N. H., made the AGE
office a pleasant call Tuesday Charles
used to do good work on the AGE, and
it always gives us pleasure to see him.
-Sixty-fve soldiers, members of the
G. A. r. Post here, and several
civilians, attended the reunion at
Windsor last week; nearly all were
happy there, except those fellows who
went over to Cornish expecting to re-
plenish their 'canteens,' and came
back without; they looked as solemn
as hired mourners at funeral or small
pox patients after recovery.-Rev.
D. X. Crosby, former pastor of the
Iniversalst society here, who retired
on account of i'll health, is in town on
! visit, and reception will be given
or his benefit at the church parlors
Tomorrow CThursday) evening"
Meat carts are about as thick as ties. -
The Woodstock Grange, 2. of H.,
will meet with P. A. Pierce, Friday
afternoon, August 2sth. M Ada,
laughter of M. c. Fairbanks, has ell
cred j. b. Jones store to try her
iand at clerking. -Perley Taylor, who
las driven Richmond & Taylor's mar
get wagon for long time, has been sick
It his fathers, o. f. Taylor, and that
'eteran in the business, Carl. Mower,
has taken his place. -Services will be
esumed in the M. L. church next
ay.-About seventy-five attended
he Methodist basket picnic at Silver
lake, Barnard, yesterday, and good
ime is reported John H. Pinks is
ojourning in Boston, and is dividing
is time between business and pleasure.
Rev. B. NJ. Tillotson will preach in
Woodstock and Hartland next Sunday.
james Hitchcock of Petersham,
lass, made us pleasant call last
'eek; James was on visit to our
enerable Democratic friend, Stilman
'rench, Esq, of Pomfret, his father
h-law.-W. II. Smith of English
ILLS, by the way one of our most
hterprising farmers, exhibited at the
ost office the other day, some golden
lsset apples, last years crop, that
Yere just as fresh and nice as the day
,ey were picked; no extra pains were
aken to preserve them, simply kept in
barrel.-Richmond & Taylor's horse
Pok it into his head that he would run
way from this sad and wicked world
ne day last week, but he only got as
.r as Billings hill, when a lineal de-
pndant of Adam captured him and
rought him back to work again, and
serious damage was done.-Lot of
Big Indians" in town; they have
tched their tents on Perry's meadow,
I've free exhibitions of Indian life each
rening, to the great delight of the
nall boy, and sell pills and plasters
r the ills of flesh during the day.