Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1886-04-14

is beyond question. There is " piece
of stone wall (wharfng) on the east side
of the Factory Bridge, so called, that
is liable to fall down any time, hay
ing been washed by the water from the
hillside for years, Had this been at
tended to in season, it would save re-
building, and greatly diminish the en-
pense. About twenty years ago 1t
cost the town some $500 TO settle a
damage caused by the giving way of
this same wharfing, Will the town
dads allow this to occur again:
The liturgy of the Episcopal Church
was first used here by Rev. Joel Clapp,
Nov. 20, 1925. The parish was Or
ganized Jan. y, 1926, and St. James
Church was erected in 1928. Rev.
B. C. G.. Parker succeeded Mr.. Clapp
in October, 1882. Mr.. Clapp wos
Rector Of the church again for short
time. His grave is marked bya red
sandstone monument in quiet
corner ia the village cemetery.
The papers have it that Woodstock is
going to celebrate the 200th anniversary
of its settlement the coming summer.
This isn't so. 1t is Woodstock, Conn.
that is going to "cclebratc. Wood
stock, VT, was organized in May,
1913, and Joel Hoisington was the
first Town Clerk. and the first settler
in this part of the town known as the
"Green." James Sanderson was the
first settler in the town in 1868
Have we any village policemen? If
so. would it not be u good idea to sta
ton one of them at the entrance to the
Town Hall. with instructions to keep
it clear OF young hoodums. There
has not been lecture or show OF any
kind for the past year but the people
inside the hall have been more or less
disturbed by the hideous noises on the
outside, and when it comes to entering
or leaving the hall, ladies and children
have to run the gauntlet of a pack Of
rowdy boys. Let us have change
And while we are on this subject, it
seems to us that the sidewalks should
be kept clear evenings of the same
pack of boys, who seem TO have no
homes but the street. There arc cor
ners in this village where ladies have
to take TO the street in order to pass.
A little policing of the streets evenings
would be to the credit of the authori-
ties. A SUFFERER.
We have some smart old ladies, and
gents too, in this village. Mrs. Ann
Davis, native of the "Grcen Isle"
widow of the late James Davis, has
made with her own hands, 204 mats
(prices ranging from $50 to $500
each), 20 comtorters and mattresses,
in the seven years that she has lived on
High Street. Mrs. Davis will be SO
years old in May, keeps house in the
same house with her son, William, and
does her own work. Mrs. ID. is smart
in mind and body, and this is very
creditable record for her.
A woman came up on the afternoon
train Monday and represented to Su-
perintendent Porter that she had no
money to pay her fare, but would get
some here and pay when she went
back. She perambulated among the
shops here, the drug stores principally,
ordering goods, and giving a prescrip-
ton TO have pills made, for which she
would call, thinking the clerk would
let her take the goods while she left
the pills for security" and that she
would pay when she got them. Herb. ;
Richmond did not see it in that way
among the things called for at Herb s
was half pint of whiskey. Henry
Chapman recognized her as the woman
who gave him similar order some
time ago, for which she never called.
She called at the town liquor agency
and wanted some alcohol, but didn't
make raise. Besides this, she got
Boston Herald at Whites book
store, and half dozen oranges at
G.. w. Pauls In the evening she
went to the "Eagle" and wanted lodg-
ing, saying she did not wish to be
called to breakfast, as she had neural
gia. She slipped ont during the fore
noon, without paying her bill at the
hotel, changed s. bill for some arti-
Gle and took the train for w. r. juno
ton. Tuesday afternoon a telegram
was received from Mrs. Lathrop, the
temperance lecturer, who stopped at
the Eagle the night before, saying she
had lost 500. Suspicion was at once fas-
tened on this tramp woman, and Fred
B. Merrill, the proprietor of the Eagle,
started for the junction, where he ar
rested the bird in the depot at ten
o'clock p. M, as she was about to
take the train, and she is now boarding
with jailor Harpin. All the nancy
was secured but $3.50, which she had
spent.