Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1885-08-12

their former acquired reputation. Mr.
Alvin Miles having had special train
ing of the little band for year pas
has, through his musical talent, Il,
well as skillful drilling, brought it to {
point where they stand in the from
ranks of such institutions. Now give
it little encouragement in the way OIL
financial aid, and in short time We
cur beat the State on drum corps.
Earle OF the Landmark, says he
found a mouse in his boot one morning
last week, and it was alive, too. How
a mouse, or anything else, could live
in Earle's boot over night is one of the
mysteries. How the poor thing must
have suffered
DIR. Chandler has awakened the
pride of High Street, by giving his fine
residence new coat of paint, adding
fancy, as we'll as finely adapted colors,
+. b. Willis being the artist.
PENCIL MARKs.-Hot, wet, mug
gy weather.-A large numbers Of our
citizens, both military and civic, start
ed for Windsor this morning to attend
the soldiers reunion to be held there
to-day.-Judge +. B. Adams and wife
of St. Louis, Mo-, VIM. r. Smith
and wife of Scranton, Penn, and Mrs.
Semple, are visiting at the old home
stead Of Lorenzo Richmond. -Mrs.
Thomas Carter Of Boston is spending
a few weeks at her fathers, DR.. Ed
win Hazen.-Nlrs. Willis c. Hall is
on visit at L, Nj. Fletcher's on High
street. Hon. Frederick Billings at
tended Grants funeral in New York
Saturday, and was here in season Sun
day morning for church how is that
for getting over the ground? his broth
er, Oliver, accompanied him.-Thc
remarks Of some of our Democratic
friends about our lending the flag to
be hung and draped for Gen. Grant,
are as wild and unreasonable as 10.
Cooks sermons we have as much
money in the flag as any one, lent
it heartily, would do so again under
similar circumstance, and we think a
majority of the Democrats in town
approve of what we have done; it
makes no difference, we take the re-
sposibility; we are happy to state that
the flag has not been seriously injured
by being blown down, was put up again
Saturday, as good as new, aud taken
down in the evening, -Miss Brown
and Miss Frances Raymond of Harver-
hill, Mass, are summering at Clifton
Richmond's, on "Sunny Side. "-I
George, son Of Andrew McKane, has
gone to the Crawford House, White
Mountains, where is employed in "set-
ting 'em up,' we mean nine-pins in
bowling alley, and is making friends
and money.-Jason Hewitt lost nj &c
COW Thursday night he found her
cast in the barpyard Friday morning.
.Burghers are laying in their winters
stock Of coal.--Simeon Houghton
found his colt in the pasture the other
day with its intestines hanging OUT
D. A. Whitcomb of Boston, visited at
his fathers, j. M. Whitcomb, over the
Sabbath.--The Bridgewater Band
discoursc1 excellent music on our
streets and from the band stand in the
Park, Saturday evening, and were
handsomely taken care of by Frank
5. Mckenzie, who has liberal hand |
for every public good it made some
Of the members of our band blush so
that they put flour on their faces,
and now they think of re-organizing-
for the Fair, probably. About ninety
went from this place on the excursion
to Willsboro Point, n. Y, last week.
A lady drove up in front of the
Public Library one tHy last week,
stopped, gazed, looked Anxious, and
perSpiration was holding mass cen
yention all over her, when another
ady came along whom she thus ac-
,osted: SIS this the jail! | want to
ind the JAIL" She was duly informed
hat it was not, and went on her way
down street as directed.
One of the most successful gardeners
nays the best way to treat the cabbage
worm is throw little handful of dry
wood ashes into the inside of the head.
Bridgewater.
The Messrs. Davis's have started
heir steam mill.
Elder Holt has gone to Canada to
preach.
Mrs. Albert Briggs is quite sick at
Ter fathers, Lorenzo Carlisle, in Ply
mouth.