Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1897-12-04
Mile. Rhea and company

Mile. Rhea and company il
"Camille' deserved larger an,
dience than was present at the town
hall Wednesday evening. There is
seldom an opportunity to see as ex'
: cellent a performance as this, but
the attendance was not such as to
4; warrant tlequent attempts to bring
strong companies here. Rhea was
admirable in the title role. While
her lines were not always understood
by every one, her expressive voice
and gesture made them clearly intel
leglble to her hearers and the story
of the play was followed with inter-
est throughout the five acts. The
supporting company was excellent,
William Harris doing especially
good work. Miss Luna M. Howes
played the piano very acceptablv
during the evening.
The Kaiser Wilhelm der Crosse
on which F. A. Kennedy and fami-
ly were passengers, broke an ocean
record on the trip from New York
to Southampton, steaming three
thousand miles in 5 days II hours s
minutes. From this should be de-
Quoted IS minutes that was lost IN
standing by burr ing ship, which
would make her actual passage 5
days Io hours 43 minutes. The
best previous record to Southampton
.-.~s & 1"yo i",.,o # minutes,
held by the St. Louis.
Rev. F. ID. Handy will attend the
Epworth league convention which
is to be held at Windsor. Tuesday,
Dec. 7, and take part in the meet
ing. Henry Carpenter and Alma
Grandy are delegates from the local
league.
Rev. p. Mcmillan will preach in
Williston church, Portland, Me-.
tomorrow, and there will be no SER
vices at the Congregational church.
The Christian Endeavor meeting
will be held as usual.
Justin l.. Edwards was at f. G.
Southgate's Sunday.
Ezra McCollom of Gaysville
spent Thanksgiving with his daugh-
ters here.
Miss Helen Howes has taken po-
sition in the national bank.
The Lakota club house was closed
for the season Dec l and Mr.. an d
Mrs. John Bradley and Mr.. and
Mrs. Will Crimes have returned
here
Mrs. E. S. Allen and Miss Chap
man returned from New York
Tuesday, coming from the Junction
on the special train which brought a
party who attended the Christian
Endeavo meeting at Hartford.
Sociables were held at the Univer-
salist church plrors Thursday
evening and at the Congregational
parlors Friday evening.
DR.. O. w. Sherwin gave "Talk
on the Y Rays" at the nAAt:.'es &c 49,
White River Medical Society at
White River Junction Tuesday after
noon.
Charles b. Chase and daughter
Eta, spent Thanksgiving day in
Mcriden, n. II.
James Haggarty, who has been Il
resident of v oodstock for many
years, died Sunday morning after a
long illness, aged about 81 years.
He leaves widow and one son.
AT the Un:versalist church Sunday
morning the Rev. J. F. Summons
preached from the text, 81 was glad
when they said unto me: Let us go
into the house of the Lord" Duty
is our honest debt, said the pastor.
IT our religion is sincere and really
amounts to n>thing, it means gen
uine honesty-not simply that regard
for the letter of human law which
serves to keep us out of jail. Sup
pose everybody followed the exam
pie of those who stay away-who do
nothing for the church. 1t would
mean the complete cessation OF
Christian worship and work under
the auspices of the church. But
how many seem to think that the
church can get along IN some way
without any personal interest or help
of theirs. Few seriously deny that
the church is needed for the best
good and happiness of man, but how
many want it and its blessings with
out any sacrifice on their part. Our
churches are all imperfect, but with
all their imperfections they are the
best thing we have. 1t is the duty
of all good citizens, simply as citi-
zens, without considering the matter
of personal religion, to give them a
hearty support. Suppose that the
church service is not all that one