Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1897-01-16
IN AND ABOUT WOODSTOCK.

,,p, 4Allcn w. Thompson has bought
ANI'the Melinda Newton far II in Pom
fret. W. IL. Johnson, the owner OF
'"'S'O tic farm. was obliged to give It up
J.. Oh account of i'll health, and with
His wife returned to New York this
week. MIR. Thompson owned the
place several years ago, selling it to
W. w. Dearborn. who thoroughly
repaired the buildings. The farm
Contains about scventv-iivc acres.
LcwcIyn Gibson. charged with
~ Mhors; stc,ling, who broke Jail at
RMNinds'r the night of an. ;, was
n'HI&,pturcd at his home at Abcrcorn.
p. O.. Just aero IS the line. Saturday
.LUTEL night. He consented to return to
Rnsy Vermont without eXtradition papers
Nc and was placed in Jail here Tuesday.
tACAlNs He is accused of stealing il horse and
D carriagc from Henry Morgan of
Sc Windsor and skipping to Canada
FTE with the rig. He has brother in
'nd Claremont, \. H., where he was
late arrested Il short time ago and put in
& hc lookup at Windsor. from which
Wi 81
ID q have said.
evin 80, So, -.
SEQ The receipts of the p"st-oiiicc for
H. quarter ending Dec. 81, 1890.
\ CO. werc $lI7S..,0; for the correspond
my ing quarter of 1895, Sl,Il.7+. The
receipt, for 1895 were $4D6,.I4. for
lS96 $40o7.7., an increase of $35.
At the meeting of the Village five
Hardcns last Monday evening seth
d. Winslow was elected chief cnyl-
necr, Fred Dclano first assistant en-
einccr and &. w. Marble second
49,, assistant.
Invitations were received here last
~ eek for the wedding Of Miss Muudc
Livingston Morse and DR.. Lucius
rs 4tkin, to take place Tuesday even
ing. Jan. 10. in the Church of the
rw luritans. New York City.
The report of the librarian of the
= Norman Williams Public Library,
b Mrs. \. b. ,jaquith. for 1890, shows
that I6I75 persons have taken 1900
,m &bookS during the past twelve months
The month of May showed the
SMALLEST number of borrowers, 0oS,
while during August l54l persons
borrowed 1888 books. and during
Scptcmber the library lent I6II per-
Ri sons 1901 books. The increase in
the number of books lent during the
Xhei~ht OF the summer season indi-
cate, the popula rity OF the library
with Wooh,tock's visitors, fourteen
states and Canada being represented
~ by the patrons.
Electrician Willis put a telephone
e instrument in l.. IL. R,chmond's
FlL house. South Barnard. Oh the La
It's kota line. Thursday. This connects
IT. 4 with the central office here and is
, put in for the convenience OF MIR.
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W. Z. Mack went to St. Johns
81 qury Wednesday to attend the an
nual meeting of the Vermont Poul-
try and Pet Stock associat, ~, whcic
he showed ,, of his famous White
f. Wvandottes. At the Milford, Mass,
exhibition and ut the Alid-Contncn-
tai poultry show ut Kansas City,
Mo-. he had both birds and eggs and
won IA share Of the honols. He also
Il had birds at Washington, d. G.. this
week. and has done well at all the
exhibitions.
Homer w. Vail of Ponfret gives
correspondent of the Randolph
Herald brict sketch of the club
house and grounds at Lake Mitchell,
in Sharon, of which he is one of the
stockholders and ut present manager.
Frederick Chapman, the Treasurer.
and Judge G. II. Markham of Pon-
frtt. arc among those interested in
this vitint\. iht club owns and
has completed Il pond. covering 90
acres of land. which is we'll adapted
n to trout culture and it is we'll stocked
III with Young trout. some OF them
from three to five Years old. The
club has nearly completed club
81 house ooNlo feet, three stories high.
n The first floor Will contain attend
ants quarters. large dining hall and
reception room. The second floor
is divided into sleeping rooms. The