Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1897-06-19
IN AND ABOUT WOODSTOCK.

S. b. Whitney was in town day
or two this week.
Rev. +. w. Smith and Charles f.
Chapman attended the Episcopa |
DIOCESAN convention at Brandon this
week. Mr.. Chapman was elected
one of the trustees of the diocese.
The gas company is laying pipe
from the main on Elm street down
Pleasant street to the Standish tcnc-
mcnt, occupied by Norman Hoising-
ton. which is to be lighted, and also
to \. L. Spears establishment by
the tanncry.
The killlngton peak hotel will be
opened tomorrow for the summer.
b. l.. Pinney goes to Boston to-
day and from there goes soon to
Swampscott Reach, where he has
engagement for the summer at the
Ocean House.
The graduating class of the Wood
stock high school held Il very pleas
ant reception at the Inn last week
Friday evening, following the in
crc,tlng exercises at the town hall
IN the afternoon. The class was as
sisted in receiving by Mrs. Henry
Bo,non, Mrs. M. II. Chandler and
Mrs, b. +. Stal.dish, the company
assembling in the music room. En-
tcIlcnt music was rendered by Miss
Luna Nj. llowes and Messrs. Ord
way and Moore and the evening was
delightfully."- spent in social greetings,
dancing and promenading, large
number of guests being present.
Light refreshments were served dur
my the evening.
\ number of trees on Elm street
are decorated with sticky fly paper
which is wrapped around the trunk
4 few feet from the ground. The
natural beauty of the trees is not
enhanced by paper girdles, but they
seem to be dong great and good
work in partially preventing the in
vasion of pcstilerous caterpilIars.
These crawling denominations are
not quite as numerous, perhaps, as
they were last year, but are here in
sufficient numbccs to cause much
ANNOYANCE and to threaten the de-
>truction of many handsome trees.
Miss Bertha Fisk, daughter of
Mrs. Harvey Fisk of New York city,
who has mary friends in Woodstock,
where she spent several summers,
was married on Wednesday. June 9,
ut Trenton. y. j., to DR.. Samuel
Wood Thurbcr of New York. Rev.
DIR. Edward Thurber, father of the
bridegroom, rector of the American
church i'll Paris, performed the ccrc-
mony Miss Evelyn Fisk was maid
ct honor and the bridesmaids we're
Miss Berthe Tcrrill, Miss Mary
Vail. Miss Ruth Moore and Miss
Amc,.
There has been no talk of "A fourth
OF July celebration and the bois-
ferrous duty of awakening dormant
Patriotism will probably again fall to
Col. Lutte Raymond, the veteran
cannoncer, who for Il quarter of a
century or more has once wear
dragged his torty-pounder up on Mt
Peg and doomed away the night
through, to the distraction and cxas-
peratIon of slecpless villagers.
There were several runaways
Thursday, but the performance Of
"GraN lock-" Mrs. ]. f. Mackenzie's
handsome horse. eclipscd all others.
lie had drawn a load of pea-brush
To Rev. ]. f. Simmons house.
where it was being unloaded, when
1t II supposed one of the sticks struck
nm on the flank. Ora, lock did not
Hike this and started, passing be-
tween the fence and telephone pole
which freed him from the wagon.
lie kept on down to the square
where IN some way he brought up
against W. II. Seaver's team hitcbed
near W. ). Hewitt & Co.'s store.
''' was unable to stop or turn and
- bounded over between the horse