Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1895-11-09

IA A pair of oxen with cart belong
ing to S. ID. Houghton backed over
#thc embankment on the Slayton lot
I on Lincoln street Monday morning,
the cart turning completely over in
the descent of several yards. Meth
I er OK was injured, though one of
fthem was badly choked for Il few
moments until it could be released
from the yoke which was badly
Atwisted in the accident.
! Mrs. Frederick Billings and fam
fily went to New York for the winter
Tuesday.
MIR. and Mrs. Robert Carruthers
went to Boston Tuesday.
Mrs. n. II. Washburn and Mrs.
Il. w. d. Worthrn of Hanover were
i'll town Tuesday.
Water was drawn out of the Aque-
duct company's old reservoir last
week and the village has since been
supplied from the new one. A
large gang of men with half a dozen
teams is now at work cleaning out
the old basin, and it is hoped the
job can be completed before winter
sets in for good. A foot or two of
earth is being removed from the ell
4 tire bottom of the basin. The new
reservoir is an excellent piece of
work and an improvement in the
company's service with which its
patrons will be much pleased.
1 About two hundred varieties of
chrysanthemums are now IN bloom
q 1t the Billings conservatorics. maxi
ng a beautiful exhibition and one of
which Mr.. Carr,,thers is naturally
very proud. Conspicuous in this
magnificent display are the Minerva,
Leopard, Philadelphia, Good Graz
4 cious, Gordon Dexter, Mrs. Mac
kenzic, Portia and Rob Roy.
a Mrs. Rodney Wallace of Fitch
burg, sister of Mrs. E. S. Allen,
dhas been very i'll OF pneumonia and
Mrs. E. S. Allen, her sister, was
summoned there Sunday, leaving by
special train in the evening. Mrs.
Wallace's condition is NOW reported
much better.
b. l.. Pinney of Boston has been
y in town several days.
" Arrangements are under way for
VA foot ball game here next Wednes-
N dav between Il Dartmouth team and
4 local players. The latter are getting
4 together and have already put in q
little practice. 1t looks as though
there would be a strong team to 60
up against the students, and the
4 game will be an interesting one. y
a number of enthusiasts go to Hanover
& to-day to see the Dartmouth Am
u herst championship game.
4 Mrs. Frost of Claremont, y. H.,
is visiting her parents. Mr.. and Mrs.
Payson Pierce.
+. +. Wardwe,l is now in pos.
session of the Central House, which
he recently purchased. He pro-
| poses to make some improvements
and under his management it will
a doubtless be as popular as hereto
fore.
John w. Titcomb, superintendent
q of the national fish hatchery at St
Johnshury, was at Lake Lakota thi.
week, where lie is making arrange
mcnts to secure trout spawn for the
hatchery. The water has been low
and trout have only just begun t.
run up the brook to spawn. Stake
have been driven at the mouth of tn
brook, with single opening, i'll
way which allows the trout to pas
through, but they have trouble il
finding their way back into the lake
y and most of them are thus trapped
They are placed in crates set in til,
water, their eggs taken, and are thel
put back into the lake. Mr.. Merrill
one of MIR. Titcomb's assistants
comes this week to conduct the op
erations.