Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1886-11-03

Nermonl,N NOV. ., lcoo'
Ernestinc b .ckcr,
Mrs S Morgan
VIC Mitchell.
ID II West.
i ID CorsGr.
Mrs VIM 2 Craig
Me- Persons calling for the above
letters will please say, advertised"
WIN. ID. McMAsTER, F. NJ,
Rev b M Tlllotson will preach at
So. Woodstock next Sunday afternoon.
There will be n gathering at the NJ.
f.. Parsonage Friday afternoon and eve
of next week for the benefit of the Pastor
and his family.
"Caifornia jim" went on the ex-
cursion to Boston, Monday; don't
know where he is this :miuute--in The
station house--likely.
j. b. Jones aud wife returned from
their extensive Western trip yesterday.
j. B, looks as tough as an Indian, and
shows the trip did him q heap of good.
The Sun, published at w r june
ton, has set to rise no more. Bro.
Greene has purchased the subscription
list. it was clean little paper.
A weeks rain has prepared the
ground thoroughly for winter. Sun
day it cleared off, and November came
in like Lamb. Three finer days than
the first three days of this week were
never seen at this season of the year.
In fact the sun was SO hot that the
loafer sweltered at his old resort on
the corner.
How true is the saying that sin the
midst of life we are in death" We
may be in the enjoyment of health and
happiness, when the delivery Of the
post or the click of the wire may
weight us down with grief in mo-
ment by the death Of IL dear friend or
some other calamity. 1t was so here
yesterday. A registered letter came
into the Office some days ago, directed
to Mr. and Mrs Gill, Woodstock, Vt.
Nobody seemed to know who it was
intended for. AT last We put it in
Charles N. ellis box. He did not
know certain that it was his, but he
ventured to open it. 1t was for him,
and from young lady in Pampa City,
CAL, announcing the sudden death
there of his son, Charles c., Oct. 10th,
from an overdose of laudanum, taken
to alleviate pain. This was grei t
and sudden shock to Mr. Gill. The
young lady, evidently stranger to the
family, spoke highly of the character
of the young man, making several i'll
quries respecting him. The family
has the sympathy of the community in
their great atiliction.
The Band of Hope will meet in the
West Woodstock School-house, Satur-
day afternoon next at C'clock.
Capt. Barnes has various diseases,
but is fighting them with vigor and
determination to conquer.
AT a regular meeting Of the Geo. G.
Randall Post, No. 80, G. A, r., Mon
day eve, Nov. LIST, Comrade John ).
Eaton, in behalf DR.. Nathaniel Ran
dali, presented to the Post fine
crayon portrait, life-size of his son,
Capt. Geo. {. Randall, whose name
the Post bears. Commander Whip.
pie, representing the Post, accepted
the same, and on motion of Jr. Vice
Com. w C Vaughan, the Post unani
mously directed the Adjutant to cxtenc
to DR.. Randall the thanks of the Pos
for this life-like picture Of his soldier
son, with the assurance that no more
acceptable present conld possibly hav'
been made to Geo. c. Randall Post.
Barnum has the greatest show OF
earth, without doubt, but the New
Orleans Picayune, whose editor seems
to have a grudge at the old man, says
his chances for show in Heaven i
slim. Well, it looks that way.
Why can't there be an electric doc
knob arranged to paralyze tramps ant
female book agents?
The AGE is read by all creeds an
parties. As Republican said, h
liked to read the local items, no mat
ter how commonplace, because the
were written in a pleasing, humorou
style. There are others who swear abou
them, but they read them all the some
The pay is what we are after.
We hear from one handsome maj
at White River Junction every week
the other one--the other one-''Dad
dy," what's got him?
Rev. r. Morgan, p. E., preache
Of tha Mothodist Chnroh loot Snpl a Il