Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1894-12-26

J. NJ. Furman is visiting his son,
Minor, in Bethel.
Ed. Merrill of Springfield, VT,
was in town this week.
Bert Montague is spending the
holidays here.
The stores were open till noon on
Christmas day.
Miss Anna Marble arrived from
Boston and is spending holiday week
here.
Henry c. Johnson went to Boston
on Thursday.
Frank Knapp started for St. Au-
gustine, Florida this week.
Richard Billings, accompanied by
Mr.. Rosa, a class-mate at Amherst,
is in town.
Gov. Woodbury. has appointed DR..
Bovnton normal school examiner for
the Second Congressional district.
Philip and Clinton Mower, of
Orange, Mass, are visiting their par
ents, Mr.. and Mrs. |. c. Mower.
Mr.. and Mrs. Austin U. Winslow
of Richmond, VT. are in Woodstock
for few days, and staying at E. r.
Gates.
Forrest A. Nye returned from the
West on Friday. Mr.. Nye will
take position in the post office on
the first of January.
The Sunday school of St. James
church will have Christmas tree at
the Hazcn house, Elm street, this
(Friday) evening, at 6 o'clock.
Arthur Vaughan, Ernest Chase,
Fred and Louis English and Will
Savward, all students at the Univer-
sitv of Vermont, are at home for the
holidays.
Mr.. B. V. Page and Miss Page
left for Chicago on Wednesday, Mrs.
Page leaving on the same day for
New York city.
The schools will begin again on
Wednesday next and there will be an
extra session on the Saturday follow
ing.
About 40 couples attended the
dance at the Inn last evening. Re-
freshments were served in the dining
room. Beedle's orchestra, five pieces,
furnished excellent music.
Mrs. Elizabeth c. Woodward OF
Montague, Mass, mother of Johr
Woodward, died in Montague Dec
20. On Saturday last the remains
were brought here for burial.
A water color landscape by ohr
n. Marble has Just been hung in the
office at the Inn. The subject is &
picturesque bit of "The Pogue"-
water in the foreground rejecting ;
group of trees, family tinged witt
autumn hues, the whole making ;
delightful bit of color.
The Young pupils of the sewing
school will have their Christmas Gel
ebration tomorrow afternoon at tn,
River street school house, and it will
be Joyous time for these industrious
little ones. There are about 2:
pupils and each one will receive
present. They will have feast
too-candies, oranges, cake and othe
good things-contributed by tn
friends of the school.
"The Pogue," the "oil pond ant
the mill pond have furnished fair ic
for skating the past week, but yes
terday's heavy snow storm ends thi
sport for the present. The owner
of snow shoes, however, are pre-
pared to enjoy and take advantage O
the change in the weather. Snow
shoeing is one of the most delightfl
and health-giving of outdoor pa'
times, and if those who have sno,
shoes could be induced to form som
sort of an organization, and get othel
to come in, it would be pleasar
variation of the winters festivitie
The three deer which are maxim
their headquarters about the Lako1
Club park have to work for a Twin
these wintry days. Mr.. II. E. Luz
sees them frequently and says tn
their favorite stamping ground
present is an abandoned farm-tt
old "Bennett place"-a little way Il
on the road branching off from II
highway near Lakota toward Ba
nard. Here there are a number
small apple trees, and beneath the
the hungry deer have scraped ar
paved a~wy the snow and leaves