Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1908-01-25
MAINLAND EOuR COREERs

a lew years aBO Nuto was eaAph
at meeting of the Uniyersalist
society which denied the> privilege
Of holding festivals for the benefit
Of the society in the church.
Since that time the festivals,
consisting of dramatic entertain
ment, supper and dance, have been
held at the hall. AT the meeting
the 18th this vote was rescinded
unanimously and it is expected that
a grand old-fashioned festival viii
be held some time in February.
DIR. II. B. Ketchum, who has re-
Gently purchased what is known as
the Simeon Willard farm of 200
acres at the Four Corners, has pur-
chased and set up in the house a
handsome Glenwood range and a
furnace which will burn coal or
wood. He oontemplates building a
lot of American wire fence and is
making other Improvements on the
premises.
Farmers in this section who carry
their milk to Hillside creamery are
selling their skim milk there for
cheese-making as fast as they can
dispose of their hogs. This will
have a tendency to bring up pork
from the ridiculously low prices
,,'hich it is selling at now.
A terrible fright last Friday night,
John Hale broke Jail.
Stole a horse from Arnold Gill,
Which was against the owners will.
The above verse appeared in the
Spirit Of the Age about 1876, when
Charles G. Eastman was the editor.
Mr.. Eastman married Miss Hay
den, l believe, but not one of the
Woodstock family Of that name. He
soon after moved to Montpelier and
became the editor of the Vermont
Patriot, and E. A. Kendall took
charge of the Age until he went to
the Mexican War with General
SCOTS army in IS47 as captain OF
the Vermont company in Col. Free
man B. Ransom's 9th regiment of
New England men.
Mr.. Eastman was a poet of con-
siderable ability in this state, and
while Ey;rs At the capital, about
1913, he published an edition of
beautiful poems. The following is
one of the best;
The farmer sat in his easy chair
Smoking his pipe of clay,
While his hale old wife with busy care
Was clearing the dinner away;
A sweet little girl with fine blue eyes
On her grandfather's knee was catching
flies.
The old man laid his hand on her head.
With tear on his wrinkled face,
He thought how often her mother, dead,
Used to sit in the self-same place;
As the tear stole down from his half-shut
Don't s'wokel" said the child, "how it
makes you cry!'
The house-dog lay, stretched out on the
floor
Where the shade after noon used to
steal,
The busy old wife by the Open door
Was turning the spinning wheel,
And the old brass clock ON the mantletree
Had plodded along to almost three.
Still the farmer sat in bis easy chair,
While close TO his heaving breast
The moistened brow and the cheek SO
fair
OF his sweet grandchild were pressed.
His head, bent down, ON her soft hair lay:
Fast asleep were they both. that summer
day!
This poem was set to music by
Mr.. Leverett Lull, teacher Of the
piano and organ in Woodstock at
that time. Mr.. Lull afterwards went
West. He was a son of Zerah Lull,
who kept the jail several years back
in the '4os. Mr.. Lull's family con-
sisted Of Mr.. and Mrs. Lull, VIII
liam, who was stage driver, Lev
erett, Louisa and, / believe, one
oher daughter.
Your correspondent has the music
which Mr.. Lull wrote.
The Lull family moved from Hart
land to Woodstock probably as early
as 1870. DIR. ]. S. Richmond Of
Windsor at one time had a book Of
Mr.. Eastman's poems and it is proE-
ably in the family now.
One word more in regard to the
Lulls: Zerah was a son Of Asa Lull
of Hartland Four Corners. Asa was
a son of the celebrated Timothy
LulI, who came from Dummies ston
in 1909 with his family in a boat,
and landed at the mouth OF consid-
cradle brook, which he named after
himself. Since that time it has
always borne the name of Lull's
brook. Timothy had large family.
He died in 1871 and is buried in
''the plain" burying ground.
L. A. S.