Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1896-07-18

WHO WIS glowing u"rS SuSP'SOuo
all the time. The man took the bill,
returned the change and disappeared.
Mr.. French is quite positive the bill
was counterfeit, and though its
owner may have been entirely limo.
cent in the matter had his suspicious
that an attempt was made to "work"
him.
AT the annual meeting of the La.
kota club, held in Woodstock on
Wednesday,, the old board of officers
was reelected. According to a
change made in the bylaws annual
meetings will hereafter be held the
first Friday in August, at the club
house.
Ralph S. Norton OF Portland,
Me-, one of the foremost practical
poultry men in the country, has been
the guest OF w. E. Mack, the we'll
known poultry fancier, the past
week. He visited number of poul.
try men in the vicinity and left for
home Thursday.
Woodstock ball players took a
game from Deweysville last Satur-
day afternoon, the first played on the
new grounds. The teams were
quite evenly matched and it was
anybody's game up to the ninth IN
ming, when Woodstock found the
ball and five or six men made the
circuit of the bases; score ID to g.
The ground is too soft and uneven
for good sport, and the sympathy of
the spectators, of which there were
far number, went out to the play
ers in large degree. The diamond
is pitched quite near the Branch, as
ditch runs through the center of
the field, and balls were continually
popping into the water or bushes.
There is Il good deal of interest in
the game-some kind of summer
sport is needed herc-and there is
evidence that cheering crowd can
be had any day when the players
have fair show on a good field.
Mr.. Hunt, superintendent of con-
struction, is IN town looking after
the work on the telephone exchange
now being established by the New
England Telephone company.
After one experience with tree
pests this season the advance of an
other blight on the apple trees of the
state is awaited with good deal Of
interest and apprehension. The
canker worm, says current item,
is the devastator. The fall apple
trees seem to be the most obnoxious
to him, though many trees that bear
winter fruit are more or less affect.
ed. The leaves quickly turn deep,
dead brown and look as though the
injury was by fire. Pound sweets
and Porter apple trees seem to suffer
the most. In Westminster serious
pest, supposed to be the army worm,
has attacked the crops of oats and
corn, entirely running hundreds of
acres.
The tremendous shower of We'd
nesday, which was accompanied by
a high wind, washed and quilted out
some of the roads in the vicinity
considerably. In Hartland the wind
swept the roof off Charles Z. Gates
large dwelling house, but no other
serious damage is reported.
The extended drouth which was
partially broken by the tremendous
shower of Wednesday, when over
an inch of rain fell in considerably
less than an hour, has had its effect
on the crops in this section as else
where. The hay crop 1t is generally
agreed is lighter than that of last
year, but the hay is Of better than
average quality, and many of the
farmers will be able to winter as
much stock as usual.
A coaching parade Is to be one of
the features of the county fair in
September, for which $Ioo in prizes
Is given. The Dedham, Mass,
brass band, fine organization, OF
which Andrew E. Leonard is leader,
will furnish music during the fair.
Mark E. Slayton Of Maiden,
Mass, has been in town the past
week.
Recent arrivals at the Inn
Rev. and Mrs. j. NJ. Cornell; Washing.
ton; ID. c.; Miss Evelyn Shepard, San Fran.
cisco: Miss Lily A. Lemley. Philadelphia;
G.. w. Currier. No. Andover. Mass; Mrs: f.
Tatum, the Misses Perkins, New York Mr..
and Mrs. T. W. ellison. N. D.. Dyer and
daughter. Chicago; Mr.. and Mrs. F; r.
Brooks Mr., and Mrs. J. S. Walling, Har.
rsville r. l.: VIM. H. Reynolds. J. B.
Reynolds. Rutland Mrs. E. d. Jordan. Mr.
and Mrs. Alden Speare. Boston; Mrs. l.. b
Haskell, Miss Haskell, New Bedford, Mass.
Mr.. and Mrs. NJ. s, Kent, Mont pelier.
Charles G. Fitch of Newton,
Mass, is the guest of his sister, Mrs
Philo Hatch.