Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1885-03-11

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Hall here, Thursday eve, March 18th.
Their popular agent. DIR. q. W.
Huntley, was in town last week and
chilled" them for the above date
They have a large corps of the best
artists in America, among them
Archie White, the most accomplished
and refined Ethiopian Comedian liv-
ing, with the redoubtable Hank"
mouth and ali. This company is too
we'll known to need any praise from
us, and all lovers of good music, first
class acting, and clean fun, will see
and hear them. Secure your tickets
and reserved seats at Burdett's.
The girl stood on the roller skates,
But then she could not 60;
She was afraid to tempt the fates
Because she wabbled so.
Snp Culltu ulOuu, cul SHdN lN. oa.
Do come; help me along"
But Chawley went the other way,
Because his legs went wrong;-
There came crush-a thunder sound!
TIL. girl, oh, where was she!
Ask of the giddy youth around
Who viewed her hosiery.
New Casibianca.
We supposed that our republican
friends (the radical portion Of them
had been living on "crow' since the
election of Cleveland, and that there
was not crow left in the country
but such is not the fact, for a lend
informs us that he heard Ole the other
morning, and thinks there are enough
left for ''seed" to feed the boys on again
four years hence.
There has been but one colder Feb
ruary than the last for twenty-six
years, and that was in 1863. AS a
whole there has been seven colder
winters than the past, in 26 years.
The Standard says there is an item
going the round that Woodstock
woman frozc her nose in bed one night
recently during II cold snap, and that
it nose of no such case. The Standard
don't get all the local news. Come to
us, brother, and we'll tell you all
about it.
On Monday, 10th, there will be a
total eclipse of the sun visible in North
America. In New England more than
one half of the sun will be obscured
and it will be the greatest visible in
New England since 1881. 1t will he
total in some parts OF the couH'ry. -
The eclipse will begin in Boston at
thirty minutes past noon; greatest OBJ
scuration, h. 5Gm. Is $. p. III. ;
eclipse ends eleven min. past 3p. m.
SUICIDE.-Our usually quiet COM
munity was greatly startled Sunday
morning by the news that Mrs. Henry
II. Taft, on River street, had commit.
ted suicide by taking poison. The
common exclamation was, 80, I'm so
sorry ~ Mr.. Taft and wife have been
passing through trials the past year that
al mortals have been heirs to ever since
Adams fall, aud under them Mrs.
Tntt's mind gave way to melancholy
and irritability, and her friends and
even her husband did not fully realize
it. We are apt to have too little pa
thence and charity for such people.
They should be taken by the hand Of
the strong and held up. The human
heart finds nowhere shelter but in hu.
man kind. All of us have not "stout
heart for a stiff bree." We have known
Mr.. Taft long and well, and consider
him much more Of man than those
who pretend to have all the virtues and
to criticise his actions. That he ought
to have been better, and can be We
have no doubt, if he will let one thing
alone--a thing which has pulled dow
the ablest men to the dust-which, a.
friend, we hope he will. That he
feels this blow keenly there is no doubt
That worldly affairs have not gon,
right with him the past year has prob
ably aggravated desire for this ont
thing, but it is poor staff to lean on
and the quicker man puts it away tn,
better. Mrs. Taft is highly spoken o
by those who knew her in her bette
days, before she took to melancholy
and aversion to society. She took thu
fatal dose Saturday forenoon anc
lived until Sunday morning about fcu
o'clock. Her funeral was attendo,
Monday by Il large gathering of friends
and neighbors, Rev. Mr.. rillotson, 0
the univerealist church officiating, VIII
gave an able discourse, and pointed ou
many truths that would be we'll for a
Of us to profit by.
A CARD,-For the many acts @
kindness and sympathy, during til
sickness and death of my husband, b
neighbors and friends, I would retur
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