Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1896-10-31
IN AND ABOUT WOODSTOCK.

IN ANU RbUUI NUUuS OCk
The chrysanthemums at the Bill
lings Conservatives will be in their
full glory for the next three weeks
and Mrs. Billings and Miss Billings
extend general invitation to the
public to see the display, which is
always beautiful one.
William Harlow is moving into
Sabin Daigle's new house on River
street.
Rev. Nj. II. Morrill, addressed the
Sunday school convention held at
Rochester last Tuesday on "Chris-
tan enthusiasm in Sunday school
work."
The Inn is putting in steam radi-
ators into about twenty more rooms
and now has about fifty rooms sup
piled with heat.
Four members of the Hanover
Country club are coming over to-day
and this afternoon golf match will
be played on the Woodstock Coun-
try clubs links.
Representative Henry w. Walker
was at home over Sunday, and re-
ported the progress of legislation as
quite encouraging. Wednesday he
introduced Il bill permitting children
to attend schools IN other towns than
those in which they reside. In talk
ing about normal schools MIR. Walk
er said that he was in favor of one
good, efficient school, believing the
present system under which there
are thee to he very unsatisfactory.
Barney, who paced his way into
the affections of the race-goers at the
fair here, breaking the track record,
stepped mile IN 2.III-4 at tho
Saugus, Mass, track few days ago,
the best time ever made in a race
heat there.
Thomas ]. Slayton was stricken
with apoplexy Saturday while on the
library steps, falling and ,egaining
his feet, but falling again. He was
taken to the home of his daughter,
Mrs. O. E. Taylor, at the College
Hill House. He grew rapidly
worse and died about O'Clock
Monday afternoon. The funeral was
held Wednesday afternoon at the
College Hill House, Rev. F. Sim
mons conducting the services.
Gorton's Famous Gold Band will
appear here in open air concert next
Wednesday, Nov. 4, at IL o'clock.
Uniformed parade at o'clock.
Mrs. II. c. Bates and son, Charles
c., of Minneapolis, are at the Inn,
this being Mrs. Rates first visit here,
where she once lived, IN twenty-five
years. She is the granddaughter OF
the late Amos Warren, who came
here from Leicester, Mass, IN 1904,
and built the brick house where Mrs.
F. N. Billings lives. He also built
the famous tannerv at the foot OF
High street, where Fishers black
smith shop now stands.
Lutte Raymond has begun his an
nual campaign against the North
American pole-cat and his wooden
box trap has already snapped on
dozen or so of the pests. He gets a
small stipend from the owners o.
premises for clearing out the obnox
,ous pests and oil and skins pay him
something, He is battered some by
cats, household pets walking into thu
trap about as frequently as the pole
cats. The skins, he says, are no
bringing mnch-the market is down
and he is not sure Of getting any
thing for them this year. lie ha
not received quotations from tn
New York and Philadelphia fu
markets, but the biggest price h
ever got here was $I.Io.
The seat sale for Gorton's Famou
New Orleans Minstrels is now on q
Winslow's book store, and the I'M
portance Of the attraction, 1t bein
the oldest, richest and most refine
organization of its kind in existence
will undoubtedly cause a lively d.
mand. Prices IS, IS and so cents
Byron Clough moved this wee
into Sabin Daigle's house on Rive
street near the cemetery.
The renowned Crescent City Qua
tette originated with Gorton's Mil
strels and can be heard nowhere els
Several companies advertise 'Cre
cent City Quartette. but the org
mails are and ALWAYS have been 90