Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1895-01-26

call him away, he and his family
will spend most of the year here.
K. f. Proctor, owner of Alcantara
Boy, has been looking for race all
. winter, and is still waiting for a
l. chance to test his PAGERS speed. He
4 wishes-and doesn't care who knows
3, lt-that some of the Sportsmen who
have lately been making match races
:; around both wood and coal stoves
would come to the scratch. Alcan-
. tara Boy will be turned out if a race
doesn't heave in sight very soon.
Eddie A. Gilbert, son of William
ID. Gilbert, left here nineteen years
ago, and during all this time his
parents never heard 4 word concern
ing him or his whereabouts. On
Thursday he made his appearance
unannounccd at his fathers home on
High street, coming from Bethel
here. His mother died about two
years ago. He has been "cvcrv-
where" he says, and it is to be in
ferred from this that he has covered
a good deal of territory in his wan
derings.
AT meeting on Friday of last
week the Woodstock Ice Supply
company. a reorganization of the old
Woodstock Ice company. was form
ed, with capital stock of $3.50, =
shares at $40 each. Five directors
were elected: VIM. J. Boycc, F.
{. Southgate, Franklin S. Billings,
Owen T. Marsh, Frederick Chap. ,
man. VIM. J. Boycc was elected
president, O. Il. Marsh, vicc-prcsi-
dent, Charles h. Montague, secretary
and treasurer, and Frcd'k Chapman.
perintendent.
a mock trial at the Good Tenn !
plars hall on Thursday evening
greatly entertained the large audience =
present. The respondents. Glenn
ID. Brown and George Mass. were
charged with violating the law re-
garding rooster fighting. but they !
were cleared by the able efforts of
their counsel, Albert l.. Powers, as
sisted by Charles Chase. Ben Buck, :
the prosecuting attorney, had the |
valuable assistance of !. +. Monta- u
que. Rev. F. Simmons was pre- +,
siding judge; Clarence Simmons and
Linn Blanchard, side Judges; Ralph f
Boyce, clerk,
Former entertainments by the a
Dartmouth Glee Club are remcm- s.
bered with pleasure, and the concert Ii
here on Wednesday, Feb. s. will no Il
doubt be largely attended,
The Boston Journal says; per s.
formers on the public platform sell t,
dom receive more cncorcs than were
given the Dartmouth Glee Club last It
night at Horticultural Hall. The p
audience was greatly pleased by the c
singing of the glee club and the
string pulling Of the hanioistS, The y
singers showed great volume of tone
and every number took. The man 1t
dolin club was especially good" 9
About forty-tiyc members of
Woodstock Lodge No, 81, +. and A. \
NJ, attended the district meeting at :,
White River Junction on Tuesday, {,
returning on special train at mid h.
night. The meeting. which was Il
held in Gates opera house, was
large one, over three hundred 4
brethren being present, Every lodge \,
in the district was represented.
Among the officers present were 7,
Grand Master John H, WhippIc, of
the Grand Lodge of the state junior =,
Warden, J. W. Nay; grand lecturer, ~
Eugene S. Weston; and Past Grand -.
Master, Marsh O. Perkins Of Wind f..
sor In the afternoon Vermont =
Lodge No. IS, of Windsor worked
The E. a. degree, and in the evening -,
United Brethren No. II of White l.,
River JUNCTION worked the NJ. NJ.