Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1895-08-31
DR.. Joseph A. Bowman of Mime.


WIN. d. McMASTER, p. NJ.
DR.. Joseph A. Bowman of Mime
apolis, DR.. George a. Bowman,
wife and daughter, Flora, of st.
Louis, Professor Edward NJ. Bow
man, wife and daughter, Bessie, of
New York city, are to hold a re-
union this week in Barnard. They
are the sons of Joseph Bowman,
Esq, formerly well-known in this
vicinity. They have been the guests
of Prof. Bowman at Grand View
Cottage, Squirrel Island, on the coast
of Maine, and will return with him
to New York next Thursday.
{. +. Woodruff and O. l.. Rich
mond went to Rutland "Wednesday
on business tri p and incidentally to
take in the trotting exhibition.
Miss Josephine \. Wilson re.
turned to West Newton. Mass, on
Monday, accompanied by Miss Car
re Woodruff. who will be her guest
for 4 few days.
Right Rev. James | Michaud. bis
hop of Burlington. and Rev. FIR. J.
Lonargan were in town Tuesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. a. b. Jaquth
returned from Denver Tuesday,
where they attended the meeting Of
the American Library ASSOCIATION.
They stopped in Chicago on the way
home.
Senator and Mrs. Morrill,, Miss
Swan and James Morrill, were at the
Inn Wednesday and Thursday, driv-
ing from Strafford here.
Delegates to the Universallst Con-
vention at Morrisvllle from Wood
stock are Rev. J. F. Simmons, Miss
Sleeper and Mr.. and Mrs. DAVID T.
Walker.
The "mid.summcr hop" at the
Inn Wednesday evening was one of
the pleasantest affairs of the season,
and was largely attended, there be-
ing many guests from out of town.
The music room was prcttilv deco
rated for the occasion.
The friends of Mrs. Mar, Z.
Wills will learn with sorrow of her
death, which took place Friday Aug. |
e, at West RoXbury, Mass. She
was born in Woodstock Feb. /,
1896. She lived in Calcutta for a
number of years, where her two
children, Mrs. II. A. Baker of West
RoXbury, and Mrs. John Robinson
of Troy, \. v, were born. She
was in Calcutta during the Sepoy
mutiny She returned to Woodstock
and continued to reside here up to
within a few years, the latter part
of her life having been spent with
her daughters.
The village schools open Monday,
Sept. 70, other schools of the town
beginning Monday, Sept. !. Miss
Darling of Hartland has been en-
gagged as second assistant in the High
School and Mr.. Lewis of Burlington
will have charge of the Grammar
school. The Lincoln bridge school
is at present without a teacher.
Rev. J. F. Simmons preache, at
White River Junction Sunday morn,
ing and at Pomfret in the afternoon. |
The agricultural experiment sta
ton located in a corner of an Elm
street garden has attracted much !.
speculative interest this season from
nclghbols and others OF an agricul-
tural turn of mind, This plot of |
ground, in spite of great deal of
expert criticism to the effect the crop
would be failure in this unreliable |
climate, was devoted to onions, of Il
large variety and new to this soil.
However, the manager of the station
has worked on hopefully and untir-
ingly, morning, noon and night
wedding, watering, applying ashes
and all the chemicals and fertilizers
known to science-until now the |
waving green tops and large, pene-
trating bulbs promise to controvert
all the adverse opinions so freely ex-
pressed. Conspicuous among them
are Jumbo" and "Trilby," both
thrifty onionlets, the particular pride
OF the station. The experiment is a
notable one, and will doubtless be
success financially as well as being
OF more than ordinary scientific in