Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1896-03-21
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from 1898 to 1900.

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mitted Tuesday night, the plunde
amounting to a few dollars. SOM
time before $50 p. m. A. L. Woo
& Sons store was entered, the THE
going in and out through rear win
dow, smashing one of the lights
breaking into the drawers and secur
ing a few dollars, including bag o
pennies. He was scared off just a.
he began work on a box of choco
lates. Wednesday morning it wa.
found that Thomas Smiths shoe
store had been entered the same way
this time the pane of glass, only &c
by II inches, being cut out with Il
diamond taken from Saywards shop.
Some rummaging was done, but MIR.
Smith missed only fifty cents, taken
from his money drawer. In Say
wards everything locked up-tool
chests and cupboards-was broken
into, but only the diamond taken,
this being returned the same night.
Suspicion was directed toward John
Dunbar, "Johnny, Jr.," and he was
arrested Wednesday morning, some
of the stolen property being found
on him. He confessed to most of
the depredations, though insisting
that he did no mischief in Stewards
shop. He is II years old.
On Thursday young Dunbar was
brought before Justice Hazen on the
charge of burglar,zing the stores of
A. L. Wood q Son and Thomas
Smith, and bound over to the county
court in the sum of $500, or $Ioo on
each charge.
Miss Marion Prior is at home from
St. Johnsbury.
The timber under the engine house,
carried away by the food, has been
replaced.
Ottauquechee Chapter, Royal Arch
Masons, elected the following Off
GERS at its annual meeting Tuesday
evening: E. p. Tewksbury, high
priest; CIV. Marble, king; George
scribe; A. l.. Wood, treas
urer; G. II. Mass, secretary; G. Fl.
Montague, {. H.; c. +. Merrill, p.
c.; {. w. Spaulding, r. A. c.; II.
p. Clark, master third vail; +. b.
Wood, master second vail; l.. II.
Pratt, master first vail; Nathan Cush-
ing, E. A. Thomas, stewards; CIV.
Sa,ward, chaplain.
Forrest Nichols was in town this
week, returning to Blllerica, Mass,
Friday.
The funeral services of Julia w.
Mellish were held Monday morning,
at 9 o'clock, Rev. J. F. Simmons
officiating. The pall-bearers were
Henry Gushing, Frank H. Gllling-
ham, Ernest Gilman and Fred w.
Howes. The casket was covered
with flowers, among these tributes
being wreath from the Young
Ladies' Reading Club and roses from
the Young Peoples Christian Union.
The remains were taken to Walpole,
n. H., for intcrment.
William J. Boyce's old horse,
"Joe," great tavoritc with the fam
lily and well known to every resident
of the village, died suddenly Sunday
night few hours after returning
from trip to White River Junction.
He was apparently in the best of
health and spirits until within short
distance of home, when he began to
lag, and the last mile was covered
slowly. n veterinarian was called,
though there was no suspicion that
Joe's condition was critical, but he
failed to rally and dropped dead
three hours after he entered his stall.
No examination was held, and the
cause of his unt,mely taking off, for
he seemed good for ten wears more
of usefulness, remains unexplained.
Joe's last public service was on the
occasion of the recent fire at Frank
Perry's house, when he pulled the
hook and ladder truck to the scene
on canter, possibly averting the de-
struct,on of considerable property.
lie was about fourteen years old,
seven of which had been spent in
the service of Mr.. Boyce.
Mrs. Austin Winslow of Rich
mond has been i'll for some weeks,
but is now recovering. Mrs. S. ].
Winslow returned from Il visit there
on Monday.
The Woodstock Creamery Associ-
alton held an adjourned meeting
Tuesday afternoon, Horace {. Lock-
wood, Charles f. Chapman and
Harold S. Dana being elected di-
rectors. The debt was ass umed by
the stockholders, who passed three
unpaid dividends and voted to pay
the balance.