Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1896-11-07

hill beat ACKNOWLEDGEMENT g to 69
Billings beat Murphy 7a to "a
Winslow beat Watterson 50 to 81.
DR.. II. T. Whitney and famil
returned from Montpelier Friday.
Trout at Lakota lake are bein,
stripped and the spawn will b
brought down t, the fish hatcher
here.
During the din accompanying tn
impromptu celebration of the new
that the country was pretty safe 70
Mckinley an alarm of fire wa
sounded, "A blaze having started II
the cellar of Z. II. Slayton's hous,
on Lincoln street. The hose com
pany hurried up the hill, but the fire
was quenched before 1t had chance
to lend hand. Wood piled around
the base of the chimney had caught
from Goals dropping down the ash
fluc from a Fireplace, making tre-
mendous smoke but not much blaze,
and Mr.. Slayton with little help
quickly checked what might have
been a serious conhagration.
The display of chrysanthemums
at the Billings Conservatives is at
tracing much attention and is worth
all the praise 1t receives.
A. B. Jaquith met lynx up on
the North Ridge few days ago.
Mr.. Jaquith had no gun and the lynx
didn't show fight, so the encounter
ended peaceablv.
While Mrs. w. ]. Boyce was driv-
ing down Central street late Tues
day afternoon her horse became
frightened at the noise caused by a
basket falling out of the carriage
against the wheels and began to
squirt. Teams hitched on either side
of the street left only narrow pas
sageway, and her carriage struck
two wagons belonging to Levi Bios
som and Otto Yuncker, throwing
her to the ground, and smashing the
spokes in two wheels. The horse
was tripped by broken harness and
fell in the collision, but was not in
jured. Mrs. Boyce was quite badly
hurt, one rib being broken, and she
was also severely bruised.
Gorton's Mrnstrels played to Il
packed house Wednesday night; 1t
is seldom that the town hall holds a
larger audience. The entertainment
is a fine one, the musical features
being especially acceptable.
A union meeting in the interest of
the Armenian sufferers was held at
the town hall last Sunday evening,
Rev. ]. d. Beenan presiding and
Rev. M. T. Morrill, acting as sccrc-
tary. Remarks were made by Mr..
Simmons and Mr.. Beeman. and Mr.,
Morrill, gave an account of the
atrocities in Armenia received from
personal acquaintance residing in
that country. Published letters from
Lady Somerset and Miss Frances E.
Willard were read. The pledges
and contributions were as follows:
Pledges paid $3.50, collection
s.r.o5, pledges unpaid p79.75.
Woodstock cast the largest vote in
its history Tuesday, and did it very
quietly. The weather was perfect
and pretty nearly every voter turned
out to do his duty. The result OF
the balloting here was as follows:
Whole number of votes, $50
Republican, 49S
Democratic. 40
National Democratic, I3
Prohibition, 5
Election returns were received by
telephone at the town hall and an
Interested crowd gathered to catch
the first word from the wires, and
stayed until after midnight, though
not till late did figures backing up
the generous claims of the Republi-
cans begin to appear. Then the VIC
tory was considered won and bells
began to ring, cannon and horns
adding to the early morning cele-